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Apache-AuthenPOP3-0.01
/ Apache::AuthenPOP3

NAME

Apache::AuthenPOP3 - Authentication via an POP3 server

SYNOPSIS

# Configuration in httpd.conf

PerlModule Apache::AuthenPOP3

# Authentication in .htaccess

AuthName POP3 User Authentication
AuthType Basic

# authenticate via POP3
PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthenPOP3

# PerlSetVar Auth_POP3_host localhost
PerlSetVar Auth_POP3_host do.ma.in

require user fred

The AuthType is limited to Basic.

DESCRIPTION

This module allows authentication against servers that implement the POP3 authentication protocol (simple gateways that don't implement all of the POP3 protocol will suffice).

AuthenPOP3 relies on the Net::POP3 module to do the real work.

LIST OF TOKENS

  • Auth_POP3_host

    The POP3 server host: either its name or its dotted quad IP number. This parameter defaults to "localhost" -- the loopback interface to the same system.

BEWARE

The POP3 protocol is very simple -- passwords are passed in the clear and may be snooped on insecure networks. Using the POP3 service on the localhost is secure as there is no network data to be snooped.

AUTHORS

This module Apache::AuthenPOP3 by Reg Quinton <reggers@ist.uwaterloo.ca> using strategy of AuthenIMAP by Malcolm Beattie.

COPYRIGHT

The Apache::AuthenPOP3 module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.