Re: Protecting Realms

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18569
interpreted = N
texte = I don't agree with terry or peter, welcome will do nothing for NT.:..( -----Original Message----- From: Peter Ostry To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Protecting Realms >>>But - another idea - you can run WebCat as preprocessor. Then you are able >>>to check any url before the webserver takes over. >> >At 11:54 Uhr 30.06.1998, Grant Hulbert wrote: >>I'd sure like to know how to do that! > > >Oops... >Thanks, Grant, for the noble phraseology - in fact my suggestion was pure >nonsense :-) > >We have a test setup which does exactly what Bob wants, but I have overseen >that there is an other application running as preprocessor, which simple >redirects everything to a file called CheckPermission.tpl, handing over the >original URL as parameter for WebCat. The WebCat code in this file checks >user permission in a database and does a second redirect depending on the >url. It is pretty fast, but some sort of second level preprocessor. >We tried this technique after we got tired playing with perl to encrypt and >store user passwords in WebTen. > >So I agree with Terry Wilson, the Welcome plugin should do the job in a >clean, straight way. > > >Peter > >__________________________________________ >Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com >Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions >Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria >fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Protecting Realms (Bob Minor 1998)
  2. Re: Protecting Realms (Peter Ostry 1998)
  3. Re: Protecting Realms (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  4. Re: Protecting Realms (Peter Ostry 1998)
  5. Protecting Realms (was: IIS Brain Dead) (Terry Wilson 1998)
I don't agree with terry or peter, welcome will do nothing for NT.:..( -----Original Message----- From: Peter Ostry To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Protecting Realms >>>But - another idea - you can run WebCat as preprocessor. Then you are able >>>to check any url before the webserver takes over. >> >At 11:54 Uhr 30.06.1998, Grant Hulbert wrote: >>I'd sure like to know how to do that! > > >Oops... >Thanks, Grant, for the noble phraseology - in fact my suggestion was pure >nonsense :-) > >We have a test setup which does exactly what Bob wants, but I have overseen >that there is an other application running as preprocessor, which simple >redirects everything to a file called CheckPermission.tpl, handing over the >original URL as parameter for WebCat. The WebCat code in this file checks >user permission in a database and does a second redirect depending on the >url. It is pretty fast, but some sort of second level preprocessor. >We tried this technique after we got tired playing with perl to encrypt and >store user passwords in WebTen. > >So I agree with Terry Wilson, the Welcome plugin should do the job in a >clean, straight way. > > >Peter > >__________________________________________ >Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com >Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions >Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria >fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 > Bob Minor

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