Plexus: Restricted Access Directories

Restricted Access Directories

Using account.pl you can setup directories that require previous authoriztion to access their contents. As distributed it is setup to verify the incomming IP Address against an account number that is part of the path. Paths like http://www.bsdi.com/forsale/12345678/secret.html get mapped to http://www.bsdi.com/forsale/secret.html if the source IP address matches that stored in a DMB file under the account number 12345678. Future enhancements could include the ability to store host names instead of IP addresses and also do authorize by net or domain.

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Tony Sanders