authentication

[Josh Huston]

The NCSA httpd server do offer two different type of authentications:

* Access to certain host domain
* Access by user and password

For further information, see:

http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/user.html


For Netscape server, see:

http://home.netscape.com/assist/support/server/tn/cross-platform/20011.html



At 06:46 AM 4/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>At my library we are facing the problem of having to authenticate campus 
>users coming into our homepage from a variety of ISP services.  The 
>HSU campus does not yet provide an authentication service that the 
>library can use.  What techniques have others found to work in such a 
>situation?  We'd prefer not to get into password or database 
>administration if it can be avoided.  If there has there been a fairly 
>recent list discussion of this topic, I'd appreciate that advice since I 
>have subscribed to this list for a month or so.
>
>Mary Kay
>Humboldt State University Library
>kaym at laurel.humboldt.edu
>
>
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