[wplug] Opinion: restricting access to Apache

Vanco, Don don.vanco at agilysys.com
Fri Jun 4 12:39:30 EDT 2004



wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org wrote:
> I'm locking down an intranet web server , allowing only
> certain users and IP addresses to connect.  The people that
> will connect will be few in number but scattered across the US.
> 
> Is the preferred way of restricting access to Apache still
> through mod_access, mod_auth as the documentation suggests?
> I get the impression that passwords are sent in clear text.
> Are there any other avenues that I should explore?

Aside from the Apache bits you could likely do something really simple
with hosts.allow/deny if it's only a few subnets/IPs/users

Don




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