From 8bd90cfd46795058288d65854af51f790e834558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James FitzGibbon Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:47:13 +0000 Subject: perl5 module for a HTTP server authentication class. --- www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr (limited to 'www/p5-HTTPD-Tools/pkg-descr') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3