Re: s/key authentication for Apache on FreeBSD?

bruce_at_nikkel.com
Date: 12/11/03

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    Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:15:51 +0100
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>

    On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:47:00PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:

    > >The problem with using s/key (or opie) together with http basic auth is
    > >the repetive nature of http requests. The webserver would expect see
    > >the basic authentication string with every single request. You would be
    > >promtped for your next onetime password for every single gif or link on
    > >the page requested. I don't know how practical that would be.
    >
    > If this is true, then I'd have to write a Perl authentication module
    > that called s/key once and authorized an IP until the user clicked
    > a "logout" button or a certain amount of time elapsed. So, I'd be
    > using mod_perl *and* PAM. A bit more complex, but I can do it if I must.
    > Are you sure that Apache will try to authorize again on every hit?

    If the basic auth string was not included in an http request, the
    webserver would generate a error 401 (Unauthorized). Check out RFC 2617
    (HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication).

    Bruce Nikkel 

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