Re: [hobbit] Securing Hobbit from visitors: authenitcating agains windows domain

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

That is very cool information, but everyone is out and about so we don't use
a domain =(

On 3/12/08, Stef Coene <stef.coene (at) docum.org> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Josh Luthman wrote:
> > I am curious to see how the crew here on the mailing list secures their
> > Hobbit from the outside world.  I need to have the WWW pages visible
> from
> > every IP but only from certain people, therefor I need to use users and
> > passwords.  Our Hobbitmon is viewed via cell phones and computers (IE
> and
> > Firefox) and protected by an HTTP(S) login currently.  The problem is
> that
> > with three different Directory statements in httpd.conf, you need to
> login
> > three times every time you restart Firefox.
> >
> > Also, how many businesses have Hobbitmon wide open for the viewing, such
> as
> > Henrik's demo, if any?
> I just found out the nice module Apache2-AuthenMSAD.  Very small module,
> very
> easy to install, very easy to change and adapt.  It authenticate the user
> against the windows domain, it just tries an ldap connection with the
> supplied username and password.  This is the authentication part of
> apache:
>
> AuthName "Windows domain login"
> AuthType Basic
>
> # Authentication  method/handler
> PerlAuthenHandler Apache2::AuthenMSAD
> PerlSetVar MSADDomain WindowsDomain
> PerlSetVar MSADServer DomainController
>
> # Require lines can be any of the following -- any user, one of a list
> require valid-user
>
>
> Stef
>
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