| Re: Restricting access to a website [message #174872 is a reply to message #174860] |
Thu, 14 July 2011 04:14   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 7/13/2011 4:12 PM, Luuk wrote:
> On 13-07-2011 21:49, Michael Fesser wrote:
>> .oO(Luuk)
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>>> On 12-07-2011 02:38, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>>>> No need to even go to that trouble. It can all be done in the Apache
>>>> configuration with no changes to the web pages at all.
>>>
>>> Jerry,
>>> Can you explain the REAL benefits of doing this in apache,
>>> despite the fact that this is a PHP-newsgroup?,
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>> In this case, given the fact that limiting access can be based on static
>> IPs, it would be easier to implement and more efficient to do it on the
>> Apache level.
>>
>>> And the real drawbacks from changing a bit to his own php-code just for
>>> this case?
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>> IMHO it mostly depends on the way his scripts are written. In case of a
>> front controller, i.e. a single entry point to the website, there's not
>> much of a difference to the Apache way, let aside performance. But if
>> the website consists of individual scripts, then it might be necessary
>> to add the same authentication code to a whole bunch of pages.
>>
>> Then there also might be things like image directories. If you want to
>> protect them, you either add some lines to an .htaccess file or have to
>> deliver all the images by a script, which makes things more complicated.
>>
>> Micha
>
> I know, but i wanted Jerry 'i am not a consultant-guy' to explain that
> to us...
>
> He only sends people to other newsgroups, because he does not know a
> better answer. He is (almost) never giving the answer to the question
> WHY the other newsgroup is a better place to ask....
>
Wrong. I am a consultant, and have been for over 20 years. And I send
people to other newsgroups when it is appropriate - as in this case.
I do also answer a lot of PHP questions in this newsgroup - as a Google
search will easily show.
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