Re: Apache2 PostgreSQL http authentication

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>
Cc: Jeff(at)PointHere(dot)net, "'D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain'" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Apache2 PostgreSQL http authentication
Date: 2007-10-08 17:12:23
Message-ID: 470A64F7.2090106@hagander.net
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Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> Magnus Hagander schrieb:
>> I'd consider having a small daemon LISTENing for NOTIFYs that you send
>> by triggers whenever the table has changed. That'll make sure it only
>> dumps if something actually changed. And you can also implement some
>> ratelimiting if needed.
> Do you really think such a homegrown solution will be more
> performant then just accessing postgres? If you have
> many users the lookup time in a .htaccess/.htpasswd is not for
> free either.

Right, that's what it depends on. I'd measure it. In systems with not
too many users (say just a couple of thousand), I've measured great
improvements in speed. It depends on how you authenticate as well - if
you authenticate every single http request, the difference is greater.

//Magnus

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