IISAPI module: do we really need to have a Filter and Extension?

hi, i don't have Win32 installed so i cannot verify this while working on the ISAPI for the zeus web-server one of the zeus-guys pointed out something that would/could make life easier. you can get the authentication information from the HttpExtensionProc() as well. right now we have to have a HttpFilterProc() just to get the USER/PW from the headers of the request but if Nuno is right we might be able to get the same stuff via GetServerVariable(..,"MS_REMOTE_USER",..) and GetServerVariable(..,"MS_REMOTE_PASSWD",..). if that is true there would be a bunch of advantages: - the filter is called for every request - even non php ones! (would be no longer needed) - we get called twice from the same thread (no longer needed) - we would have only one real entry point (HttpExtensionProc()) regards, tc Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:44:38 +0000 From: Nuno Leitao Subject: Re: ISAPI + PHP. [New Binary] Hi Thies, "Thies C. Arntzen" wrote: > still busy with tons of other stuff, but this mail of yours just > "swapped" itself back in and caused a SIGNOTICE;-) :)) > do you have any reference (docs) for the MS_REMOTE_USER/MS_REMOTE_PASSWD > stuff you ae referrring to in this mail? i searched microsoft.com and > could not find it... They are server variables that get set to the user/password that someone authenticates with when doing basic authentication. If you look at the ISAPI reference shiped with Zeus you can read about them and the GetServerVariable() filter/extension function.