Maybe mod_xsendfile or similar? You'll still have the roundtrip into your app.On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Colin 't Hart <colinthart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a web app written in PL/SQL (stored procedures in an Oracle
> database). We use Apache and mod_owa (a variant on the mod_plsql theme) as
> HTTP glue. Currently we're on Apache 2.2, but upgrading to 2.4 would be an
> option.
>
> Our app handles security itself (our own tables of users and roles); like
> all web apps, logged in users get a cookie. For the sake of this discussion,
> let's assume our app runs under www.my.com/app
>
> Now we want to be able to serve some ordinary files using Apache to
> authenticated users (registration of downloads basically). Again, for the
> sake of discussion, assume that files are served from www.my.com/file
>
> How can we integrate this with Apache's authentication? Functionally, a user
> logged in to our app should be able to download a file without logging in
> again elsewhere. Conversely, someone who isn't logged in trying to download
> the file should be prompted to log in.
>
> What's the best way to achieve this? The easiest way?
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