On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:00:44 -0700, rbb wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > >> I was thinking about this. What about -eliminating- the >> mod_authn_default and mod_authz_default, merging them into mod_auth, and >> moving the directives from mod_auth_basic and mod_auth_digest into the >> common mod_auth. >> >> Mod_auth would further include all of the hooks, and be the common >> module that all other mod_auth_foo, authn and authz modules require. >> >> Does that make any sense? I'm certain you will have users misconfigure >> the 'backstop' modules (_default flavors) resulting in insecure servers. >> If the 'backstop' _default auth handlers are always loaded as part of >> the core mod_auth, users will have far fewer problems. > > I almost like this, but I wouldn't put it mod_auth. I would put them in > the core. The core server has always been the location for our default > functions.
why don't you do what we do in mod_core & mod_proxy just create a 'mod_auth' with the common functions and have mod_auth_XYZ just hook into that > > Ryan > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 Jean St > Oakland CA 94610 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
