Re: Apache authentication efficiency

I believe this information uses Basic Authentication and validation lists
and is outdated.

"The only IBM software able to maintain validation list is the HTTP wizard,
that is the *ADMIN HTTP server instance that you may start on port 2001."

This also isn't true. I've written a nice set of ILE functions to work
with Validation Lists. :)

Bradley V. Stone
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 3:33 PM Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Check: https://www.easy400.net/loginout/tutorial/intro.htm

On 2020-01-30 15:08, Justin Taylor wrote:

I'm hoping for more specifics. Ideally, I'd like a lead I can research,

prototype and implement.

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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Apache authentication efficiency

My understanding is the same as yours in that when you add HTTP

authentication directives to your HTTP configuration, then all requests for
protected resources are passed through the authentication module. That
module not only authenticates the user, but also checks the user's
authority. It may also change the job to adopt the user profile. I agree,
that's not very efficient.

It can also be more costly in that all users need a client license in

order to authenticate against IBM i. That may only be a problem if you want
to open your site to the public.

One alternative is to use an IBM i web portal, which enables you add

user profiles to the portal that are not associated with an IBM i
authentication resource (IBM i User Profile, LDAP entry, authorization list
entry, Kerberos entry). A web portal is an application that maintains user
profiles, user groups, menus and menu items, user and group authorities,
etc. Users are authenticated only once when accessing the application. User
authority is then checked when accessing menus. When a menu item is
selected, and its associated session is launched, there is no need to
authenticate while using the application.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:28 AM Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

It's my understanding that Apache offer Basic and Kerberos
authentication, and authentication is repeated for every subsequent
request. That seems inefficient to me. Are there more efficient

methods for authentication?

TIA
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