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| Current: | 3.6.3 (2008-07-25) |
| For VAS: | 3.x |
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| License: | Resource Central |
Apache authentication
mod_auth_vas is an authentication and authorization module for use with the Apache web server. Derivatives including IBM HTTP Server and Oracle HTTP Server are also supported.
The module uses Vintela Authentication Services (VAS) to implement the HTTP SPNEGO protocol, with optional fallback to 'Basic' authentication for browsers that do not support SPNEGO. In effect, mod_auth_vas allows the Apache web server to perform Windows Integrated Authentication (single sign-on).
Browsers that can authenticate using SPNEGO automatically (without prompting for a password) include Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
Documentation
The installation and how-to guides are good first-step and reference documents. The troubleshooting reference might also be handy. These documents should contain everything required to compile and install the module, as well as configuring client browsers and debugging if problems arise.
Download
Packages for Apache 2.0 have "ap20" in their names, packages for Apache 2.2 have "ap22" in their names. The RPMs should work on any RPM-based system, and the debs should work on any deb-based system. See below for information about packages for other systems.
| Platform | Filename | Type | Size | Date | MD5 checksum? |
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| linux-x86 | mod_auth_vas-ap20-3.6.3-1.i386.rpm | package | 63kB | 2008-07-24 | 537c0f435363ead4485df8935dbe4841 |
| mod_auth_vas-ap22-3.6.3-1.i386.rpm | package | 66kB | 2008-07-24 | 8adedba2e9f136b53e96731ae22b27f5 | |
| libapache20-mod-auth-vas_3.6.3-1_i386.deb | package | 60kB | 2008-07-24 | 99c8197d48986f6032dc8104da6b5c28 | |
| libapache22-mod-auth-vas_3.6.3-1_i386.deb | package | 64kB | 2008-07-24 | 8076157f87ea94db2e1406ec1fa6a2da | |
| source | mod_auth_vas-3.6.3.tar.gz | source | 541kB | 2008-07-24 | 056fa72f7b3e6fc35234e41648d73a47 |
Licensing
The mod_auth_vas module is licensed free to use and modify. However, most of the module's functionality derives from Vintela Authentication Services (VAS), which requires separate, user licensing.
No packages for your platform?
The mod_auth_vas module often needs to be compiled from source form for your particular version of Apache HTTPD. This is because the Apache web server's module API changes substantially between different releases and modules compiled for one version of the Apache web server will usually not work with any other version.
Resource Central does provide a few pre-compiled mod_auth_vas packages for some of the more popular and stable operating system distributions that include the Apache HTTP server by default. For other systems, you will need to compile the module for your installation.