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diff --git a/www/ap-DBI/DESCR b/www/ap-DBI/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..80eae06bb7a --- /dev/null +++ b/www/ap-DBI/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +This is version 0.87 of Apache::AuthDBI.pm and Apache::DBI.pm. + +These modules are supposed to be used with the Apache server together with +an embedded perl interpreter like mod_perl. They provide support for basic +authentication and authorization as well as support for persistent database +connections via Perl's Database Independent Interface (DBI). + +o AuthDBI.pm provides authentication and authorization: + + - optional shared cache for passwords to minimize database load + - configurable cleanup-handler deletes outdated entries from the cache + +o DBI.pm provides persistent database connections: + + - connections can be established during server-startup + - configurable rollback to ensure data integrity + - configurable verification of the connections to avoid time-outs. + +The modules have been developed on RH 6.0 with apache_1.3.6 and mod_perl-1.21. |