2.1 Authentication Project

News

3/1/2004 - mod_authn_dbi 0.9.0 is released

The 0.9.0 Release of mod_authn_dbi is a major release. It adds new SQL keywords, fixes a crash which could occur when the database server was down, moves native SHA1 support to APR, and fixes several possible security bugs. The 0.9.0 release is the first to be under the Apache Software License 2.0. All users are recommended to upgrade.
Download from SourceForge
If you have any problems or questions with mod_authn_dbi please use the mod-auth-users mailing list.

11/10/2003 - mod_authn_dbi 0.0.7 is released

This is a major upgrade to the mod_authn_dbi module.
This release includes the ability to construct completely custom SQL Queries, along with many other improvements.
New Configuration Directives:

• AuthnDbiDriverDir
• AuthnDbiOptions
• AuthnDbiPasswordFormat
• AuthnDbiPasswordQuery

This release is also the first since moving the Project to SourceForge. Download from SourceForge If you have any problems or questions with mod_authn_dbi please use the mod-auth-users mailing list.

Documentation

The 2.1 Authentication project is building a new HTTP Authentication Guide Untill our documentation is complete, we recommend the HTTPd Projects own documentation on Authentication

Projects

mod_authn_cache

Caches Authentication information from other modules in shared memory to improve performance.
[Status: In Development] [docs] [download] [cvsweb]

mod_authn_dbi

Uses libdbi to provide a cross database authentication module.
[Status: Stable] [docs] [download] [cvsweb]

mod_authn_mysql

Uses the libmysqlclient to provide database based authentication.
[Status: In Development] [docs] [no downloads] [cvsweb]

mod_authn_pam

Authenticate using the PAM framework.
[Status: Working] [docs] [no downloads] [cvsweb]

mod_authn_pgsql

Uses the Postgres Database for dynamic authentication.
[Status: In Development] [docs] [no downloads] [cvsweb]

mod_authn_pop3

Authenticate against POP3 servers.
[Status: Working] [docs] [no downloads] [cvsweb]

User Support

For support and general discussions about the authentication modules, please post to the mod-auth-users mailing list. There also is a a mailing list mod-auth-announce for any announcment related to this project.

Bug reports and RFEs

If you would like to report a bug in one of the modules or have an idea for a new feature, please contact us via the mod-auth-devel mailing list. For security-related bug reports, see the section "Security" below.

Security Announcements and Contact

Any security related information will be published through the mod-auth-announce mailing list. If you would like to report a security-related problem with one of the modules or otherwise related to the Authentication Project, please contact one of the developers by private EMail and we will do our best to fix it as soon as possible. See the section "Developers" below for contact adresses and PGP/GPG-keys.

Developers

Paul Querna

Paul was the original developer of mod_authn_dbi while he worked at Cyan Worlds. After leaving Cyan to attend school fulltime at Carroll College he started this project. He is interested in high concurrency internet services and massively multithreaded programing. [website] [email] [pgp/gpg-key]

Axel Grossklaus

Axel studies computer science at the University of Hamburg (Germany) with a specialization in computer and network security. [no website] [email] [pgp/gpg-key]