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| author | James FitzGibbon <jfitz@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-10-24 08:47:13 +0000 |
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| committer | James FitzGibbon <jfitz@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-10-24 08:47:13 +0000 |
| commit | 8bd90cfd46795058288d65854af51f790e834558 (patch) | |
| tree | cb94002a3d430394093ccdf78154af06b058ff7f /www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr | |
| parent | As the great moon sets in the seas of the west, the new category (diff) | |
perl5 module for a HTTP server authentication class.
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svn path=/head/; revision=4127
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diff --git a/www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr b/www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cc989495c049 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + This module provides methods for authenticating a user. + It uses HTTPD::UserAdmin to lookup passwords in a + database. Subclasses provide methods specific to the + authentication mechanism. + + Currently, under HTTP/1.0 the only supported + authentication mechanism is Basic Authentication. NCSA + Mosaic and NCSA HTTPd understand the proposed Message + Digest Authentication, which should make it into the HTTP + spec someday. This module supports both. |