Re: [PEPr] Comment on Authentication::NTLMProxy

On 26 Jun 2006 20:17:02 -0000 thorsten@rinne.info ("Thorsten Rinne") wrote: > > Thorsten Rinne (http://pear.php.net/user/thorstenr) has commented on > the proposal for Authentication::NTLMProxy. > > Comment: > > Hi Philippe, > > > Name doesn't seem right... HTTP_Proxy_Auth_NTLM ? > > ouch... I like the short name NTLMProxy. :-) > > > There's another NTLM proposal in PEPr, in draft status, you may > > want to check with that maintainer. > > yes, but I think this is about authentication, the proposed class > does not authenticate, it's just a proxy. > > > Anyway to integrate with HTTP_Request, or HTTP_Client, Net_Socket > > and > so > > on...? (I know there might be a problem with the Keep-Alive...) > > I do not think this will work due to Keep-Alive... > > I think there's a need to split package into HTTP_Proxy with > > pluggable authentication modules instead (NTLM being one of them.) > > This is a nice idea... :-) Eck! it will add unnecessary bloated things to it. Just keep as nice and simple as now :) > > Try to avoid all the sprintf(). Use ' (single quotes) and > > concatenation instead. > > Is there a reason for not using sprintf? No real reason, I find them more readable but that's a taste problem. > I use IP, Server and path to have the possibility to set various > stages like development, testing and production environments. > > > Does this work good without PHP being mod_php in Apache? > > no, sorry, because of Keep-Alive. That's new, it did work before. Or am I confused with the module :) ? Cheers, -- Pierre