YAPC | talks

Kevin Miller

Apache Authentication and Encryption

25 minute talk

When developing web applications, it is often desirable to be able to verify the identity of the connecting user in addition to encryption of the connection between the client and server. This talk will explore these issues using Apache. We will:

build a web server with SSL extensions for encryption
discuss methods of authentication (Apache user passwords, kerberos authentication)
discuss the necessary changes to the Apache configuration
modify existing Perl/CGI scripts to use the authentication parameters
discuss the limitations of this system

Kevin is a student at Carnegie Mellon University

Kevin Lenzo

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