On 2002.04.08, Zoran Vasiljevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 08 April 2002 18:42, David Walker wrote:
> > Well I think I'll have tcl based webDAV done within a month or two.
> > If someone will take care of Digest authorization we just might have it.
> >
>
> We are going to do our own (mostly C) WebDAV implementation
> with fast DOM-based XML processsing. It will have higher
> parts of it done in Tcl but lower levels will be C-based.

Why DOM and not SAX?  Is it really meaningful to hold the
entire WebDAV message in memory as a DOM tree?  You really
only need to pick up a few things (which SAX would be
great for) then form a response -- this is where I might
use DOM to assemble the outgoing XML message.

> I'm going to do the Digest authorization for it so you can have
> it pretty soon. I have most of pieces in-place. I only have to
> decide how to integrate it with the existing nsperm and
> Basic-like authorization. AOLserver as-is has very poor
> extension capabilities for alternate authorization schemes.

Perhaps this is a good place to start a new nsauth module to
which can replace nsperm.  Leave nsperm in place (to not break
backward compatibility, etc.) but start fresh with a well-designed
nsauth.

Could a short design discussion be in order?  What are the concerns,
and the needs that must be addressed?

-- Dossy

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Dossy Shiobara                       mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Panoptic Computer Network             web: http://www.panoptic.com/
  "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
    folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)

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