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- README mod_auth_remote ( Apache 2.0 authentication module )
-
- This module is a very simple, lightweight method of setting up a single signon
- system across multiple web-applicaitions hosted on different servers.
-
- The actual authentication & authorization system is deployed on a single server
- instead of each individual server. All other servers are built with
- mod_auth_remote enabled. When a request comes in, mod_auth_remote obtains the
- client username & password from the client via basic authentication scheme.
-
- It then builds a HTTP header with authorization header built from the client's
- userid:passwd. mod_auth_remote then makes a HEAD request to the authentication
- server. On reciept of a 2XX response, the client is validated; for all other
- responses the client is not validated.
-
- Why I wrote mod_auth_remote ?
-
- I have a bunch of web applications running on a bunch of machines ...
-
- 1) My authentication code is heavy & I don't want to implement it on all
- of your servers. (I use mod_perl and require a Database access to
- authenticate)
-
- 2) Most of my web applications use a single signon
-
- 3) Two different applications running under the same server could access 2
- different authentication models without any pain
-
- -- ok, no more marketing :-) ------
-
- I enabled mod_auth_remote on my httpd like this ...
-
- 1) cp mod_auth_remote.c modules/experimental/mod_auth_remote.c
- 2) apply patch 'auth_remote.patch' on 'configure' script.
- 3) ./configure --disable-auth --enable-auth_remote
-
- 'httpd -l' should show mod_auth_remote.c
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- My conf file looks like ...
-
-
- <Directory ~ "/application_1/">
- AuthType Basic
- AuthName CHICKEN_RUN
- AuthRemoteServer auth1.saju.com
- AuthRemotePort 80
- AuthRemoteURL /One/Auth/method
- require valid-user
- </Directory>
-
- <Directory ~ "/application_2/">
- AuthType Basic
- AuthName BIG-CHIEF
- AuthRemoteServer auth1.saju.com
- AuthRemotePort 80
- AuthRemoteURL /luke/takes/a/walk
- require valid-user
- </Directory>
-
- <Directory ~ "/application_3/">
- AuthType Basic
- AuthName ONE_RING
- AuthRemoteServer sauron.saju.com
- AuthRemotePort 80
- AuthRemoteURL /auth
- require valid-user
- </Directory>
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