On Wednesday, 15 October 2008 4:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:22:33 +0200 >From: Oliver Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [pmwiki-users] AuthUser and IP-based authorisation >John Rankin wrote: > >>What would be involved in extending AuthUser to grant access >>based on IP address? > >read the thread "allow editing only from one IP". I posted my solution >2008-09-25, but sadly got no feedback. > >>Specifically, would it be possible to grant read access to >>requests from a specific IP address, based on that address >>being defined as a username on SiteAdmin.AuthUser? > >I used a separate page listing IP addresses _or_ host names to be able >to use also dynamic DNS entries. > >But - as I wrote 2008-09-25 - I'm not sure whether i used the correct >method, and I would'n suggest anyone to use it unless someone with >deeper knowledge reviews my solution. > >Oliver > Thanks, Oliver. I don't understand how your DNSauth solution would interact with AuthUser. The solution Eemeli posted looks very promising and may, with modification to support dynamic DNS entries, provide a simpler method of impementing your solution too.
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