Re: Discussion about possible new feature for Apache HTTP Server

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:23:37 +0100
Gulkamal Singh <lund.singh.1982@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 1) A browser that has a simple interface from where I can map a key
> to a url.  When I make a request to my admin URL, it sends this key
> in the header, get or post.
> 2) A server which shows a 404 unless the key is present in the
> header, get or post.
> 
> This is fairly a simple feature and I feel that if browsers and
> servers implement this, it could become popular.  Could people please
> give me thoughts on this, if there might be benefits to this, and if
> it would be possible for apache http server to implement this?

I think you are being way too complicated.  Just put your admin page at
something like www.mysite.com/h7Swu72fFqdk and add that to your
bookmarks.  No one is going to accidentally type that in.  In fact, I
often use that in lieu of actual password protection when convenience
is more important than high security.

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D'Arcy J.M. Cain
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