Apache2-AuthenNTLM-Cookie DESCRIPTION This module extends L with a cookie mechanism. The parent module L performs user authentication via Microsoft's NTLM protocol; thanks to this mechanism, users are automatically recognized from their Windows login, without having to type a username and password. The server does not have to be a Windows machine : it can be any platform, provided that it has access to a Windows domain controller. On the client side, both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox implement the NTLM protocol. The NTLM handshake involves several packet exchanges, and furthermore requires serialization through an internal semaphore. Therefore, in order to improve performance, the present module saves the result of that handshake in a cookie, so that the next request gets an immediate answer. A similar module was already published on CPAN for Apache1 / modperl1 (L). The present module is an implementation for Apache2 / modperl2, and has a a different algorithm for cookie generation, in order to prevent any attempt to forge a fake cookie. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Apache2::AuthenNTLM::Cookie You can also look for information at: Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Apache2-AuthenNTLM-Cookie CPAN Request Tracker: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Apache2-AuthenNTLM-Cookie AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation: http://annocpan.org/dist/Apache2-AuthenNTLM-Cookie CPAN Ratings: http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Apache2-AuthenNTLM-Cookie COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2008 Laurent Dami This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.