On 4/17/07, Rafael Caceres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a consideration, regarding using a proxy or a different server, that has not been brought up: If there is mod_perl based access control for the static files, then it's basically impossible not to go through a mod_perl server to serve them.
I use mod_auth_tkt. You issue a cookie with credentials, and the C module can use it to check access rights on static files from the proxy server. You have to run apache as your proxy server, but I prefer that anyway.
In fact, I'm not sure what the effect would be in that scenario if a proxy was used: would it serve the static file regardless of the access control?
No, it would talk to mod_perl every time and not do any caching, unless you have a mis-configured proxy. - Perrin
