Authentication is commonly understood as the act of asserting a user's or entity's identity, although in the wider sense it can refer to asserting the truthfulness of any kind of claim. Authentication, like encryption, is a major component in implementing computer security.
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How can I secure an installation of MediaWiki?
I want to run an installation of MediaWiki as a Internet-accessible personal wiki, running on wiki.mysite.com. However, I want to ensure that I am the only one who can read and write to this wiki. In ...
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Permissions for serving up temporary files
I have a system (web based application) which pulls file attachments from a 3rd party system via SOAP. These are in turn on our system created as files in a directory.
When a user of the system ...
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How do I setup authentication on a specific folder using .htaccess?
I have a folder that I want to host files privately on my webserver.
How do I go about making it password protected using .htaccess?
Note: Nothing monolithic, I want something that is simple/easy so ...
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htaccess and htpasswd trouble
This is the first time that I have ever tried working with .htpasswd and .htaccess files, so please point out my childish works.
I have my apache document root set to /www/ on my debian server. ...
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Should I support facebook login or openid login?
What are the pros and cons of each? Does it make any sense supporting both? Which is easier for users/to implement?
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Trying to add a private zone to a website
I'm trying to add a "login page" as soon as someone clicks on the Galerie, in order to keep the pictures only between the members of the school.
I tried several options, even designed a page named ...
