> The excerpt from X, (sorry, I forgot their name :( ), uses a > semaphore > to maintain the connection, where > > 'return OK unless $r->is_initial_req;' > > uses a flag in the request object to bypass the > authentication module if the flag is set. (It is set after > the first successful pass through the module. Therefore, you > have an increase in efficiency, (no I/O calls), and you are > playing within Apache and mod_perl. (Plus, the > username/password and server information are not left lying > around in storage for someone to find ;) )
How is the first request identified? Is there a http-session set, or is it IP-based? How is a client identified? - mathias - -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
