From: Daniel Berger <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-10-24T03:06:03+09:00
Subject: Re: XMLRPC and IP authentication

Michael Neumann wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:15, Daniel Berger wrote:
> > Michael Neumann wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've added a ip_auth_handler method in class Server, which is called
> > > from method serve (in httpserver.rb) before request_handler is called.
> > > This method should return true if the client is allowed to connect,
> > > otherwise false.
> > > This way, you can simply override Server#ip_auth_handler to perform
> > > IP-based restrictions.
> > >
> > > What's the right status code when IP auth disallows access?
> > > 405 - Method not allowed?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >   Michael
> >
> > Sounds interesting, but how does it work?
> >
> > All I really want to do is something like this:
> >
> > valid_ip = ["1.2.3.4","22.33.44.55"]
> > server.set_service_hook{ |obj,*args|
> >    raise SomeException unless valid_ip.include?(server.peer_addr)
> >    obj.call(*args)
> > }
>
> In xmlrpc4r version 1.7.12, the following should work:
>
>

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Is there a way to use this without having to define my own subclass?  If so,
can you please provide an example?

On another note, I noticed the update to the RAA.  It appears, however, that
the download link still points to 1.7.11.  Just thought I'd mention it.

Regards,

Dan