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> Site security is best handled by the webserver, not by a script.
> Most webservers allow specifying something like a 'realm', which is a
> collection of secured pages and the user/passwds that can access
> those pages. It may be easier to deploy on the university server
> from the beginning, just in terms of access to technical support.
> But I'm not an Earthlink customer, so I don't know that for sure.
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I had occasion to need technical support from earthlink when I had some trouble
deploying some perl cgi scripts for a site I was working on a few months back. I
would rate their assistance very highy. The support staff I taked to were
conversant in perl and were a big help.
