Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

E.5. Authentication and Authorization

mod_ auth_nis

This module authenticates against an NIS database.

Author

Dirk-Willem van Gulik, [e-mail]

mod_auth_cookie

This module translates an HTTP cookie into a Basic authentication header for use with any Basic authentication handler.

Author

Vivek Khera, [e-mail]

mod_auth_cookie_mysql

This module authenticates users based on a cookie value, which is matched against the contents of a MySQL database.

Author

Mark-Jason Dominus, [e-mail]

mod_auth_cookie_file

This module implements HTTP cookie-based authentication against a .htpasswd-like file.

Author

Dirk-Willem van Gulik, [e-mail]

mod_auth_cookie_msql

This module implements HTTP cookie-based authentication against an mSQL database.

Author

Dirk-Willem van Gulik, [e-mail]

mod_auth_dce

This module implements authentication against a DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) registry and provides DFS (Distributed File System) based access control.

Author

Paul Henson, [e-mail]

mod_auth_external

This module authenticates against a user-provided function or external program.

Authors

Nathan Neulinger, [e-mail]

Tyler Allison, [e-mail]

mod_auth_inst

This module provides instant password authentication for "dummy" users.

Author

Clifford Wolf, [e-mail]

mod_auth_kerb

This module implements Kerberos authentication via Basic authentication or Kerberos mutual authentication when using a kerberized client. ...