From: Jeff Trawick Many of the documents on these Developer pages are lifted
from Apache 1.3's documentation. While they are all being
- updated to Apache 2.0, they are in different stages of
+ updated to Apache 2, they are in different stages of
progress. Please be patient, and point out any discrepancies or
errors on the developer/ pages directly to the
dev@httpd.apache.org mailing list.Topics
Alternate password storage
Using multiple providers
Beyond just authorization
Authentication Cacheing
More information
mod_authn_dbm
mod_authn_file
mod_authnz_ldap
mod_authn_socache
mod_access_compat
module.
+
+There may be times when authentication puts an unacceptable load
+ on a provider or on your network. This is most likely to affect users
+ of mod_authn_dbd
(or third-party/custom providers).
+ To deal with this, HTTPD 2.3/2.4 introduces a new cacheing provider
+ mod_authn_socache
to cache credentials and reduce
+ the load on the origin provider(s).
This may offer a substantial performance boost to some users.