[Zope] How to accaess ssl related CGI environment variables

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 00:01:58 +0200 (CEST)


Istvan Vago writes:
 > I'm trying to access ssl related cgi variables (like SSL_CLIENT_S_DN) in 
 > zope without success. I use apache/mod_ssl  with client certificates and 
 > accessing zope with pcgi.
 > Apache verifies the certificate, but how to know it in zope? 
 > REQUEST.eviron only have a HTTPS key.
 > I'd like to authenticate based on the SSL_CLIENT_S_DN.
 > Any suggestion?
Look for an Apache rewrite rule.

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Dieter