I've added tests, which also exposed a few bugs :-)
An updated version is available here:
http://www.purifieddata.net/pm/WWW-Authen-Simple-1.20.tar.gz
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Josh I.
On Sat, 8 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to release a module I've been using/maintaining for a while. My
> name for it is currently:
> WWW::Authen::Simple
>
> I'm looking for naming suggestions, and feedback on the module (if anyone
> is interested in looking at it).
>
> It provides authentication via database, session handling (cookie based),
> and group based authorization with optional read/write bits on each group.
> It's also compatable with normal CGI scripts, mod_perl (1 and 2), and
> likely compatable with any webserver.
>
> It's goal is to provide a very simple API to handle sessions and
> authentication.
>
> I wrote it because I needed something simple to handle sessions,
> authentication, and authorization.
> Apache::Session just does sessions, and is tied to apache. CGI::Session
> is very flexable, but only does sessions.
> CGI::Session::Auth I probably could have worked off of, but there isn't
> much there at all, and I'd probably have to subclass it, and override just
> about every method. And there are others.
>
> I hadn't released it because there are so many other modules in the same
> realm. However, it has matured, and I think it offeres a unique way of
> doing things that others might find useful.
>
> The module is currently available at:
> http://www.purifieddata.net/pm/WWW-Authen-Simple-1.19.tar.gz
>
> Please note, I'll be adding tests to it before releasing (there are
> currently none).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Josh I.
>
