Authentication (Re: Feature polls...)

[Sean Gillies]

Bart,

mod_rewrite allows us to match and even rewrite the query string.  
This means you could rewrite a request for layer_a to a URL that  
requires authentication.

I think it's madness to reinvent the auth wheel. A CGI program should  
be dumb, and rely on the webserver in this matter.

Sean

On Jan 14, 2006, at 6:04 AM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> for authentication I agree with you, but for authorisation we  
> really need a way to assign certain map layers to users/groups  
> without duplicating map files.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> Sean Gillies wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I don't see any need to implement authentication. Just use an   
>> existing Apache (or if you must, IIS) module. A combination of   
>> mod_auth and mod_rewrite ought to make almost anything possible  
>> or  impossible.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> On Jan 13, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Steve Lime wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, and simple authentication support should be there too.  
>>> There's  a =
>>> pretty
>>> well thought out bug for that one...
>>>
>>> Too little time.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>