[Freegis-list] Protection vs. sharing

[Raphaël Jacquot]

Ian Turton wrote:
> If there was an easy way to do this from within a GIS (e.g. Udig) and a 
> webrowser java script client (e.g. mapbuilder) then I could do it that 
> way. But as I understand the code from 52 North handles that sort of 
> thing for me - I haven't had a chance to check thier stuff out yet but 
> that was where it was heading last time I saw them talk about it.

it has nothing to do with the javascript itself. it's in the apache 
configuration.
create a certificate authority, create a certificate for the apache 
server, configure it for ssl using that cert
then, create as many user certs as necessary using that same CA, and 
configure the apache to check for the validity of the clients' certificate.
it will refuse connection to anyone not presenting a valid certificate 
from the proper CA.