[pLog-svn] resserver usage

[Jon Daley]

 	That is interesting.  I wonder if it is possible to do an 
*internal* apache/mod_rewrite via php.  That way the user doesn't see the 
301/302 redirect, but our script doesn't have to write out the image file.
 	I think the 301/302 way would be alright as well - the users would 
only see the "real" url if they were doing spidering sorts of activities, 
and would still be able to use "nice" urls, as well as access control 
(except for the instance where people get the "real" URL, and then try to 
do stuff with it, although I am not sure what they could do - guess file 
names?)
 	The .htaccess could even only allow requests with a certain 
referrer, or other environment variable, so only redirected accesses would 
be allowed - those types of checks might not be as available to everyone 
as "regular" rewrites, I am not sure.  I guess it is just apache, so 
probably mod_rewrite is on or off, it isn't like we are dealing with php's 
safe mode.

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Reto Hugi wrote:
> - having some sort of access control to resources
> - doing statistics through lifetye (not webserver access log)
> - having nice urls for resources (?)
>
> the first reason leaves not much space for alternatives, I think. PHP
> has to read the file and send it to the client.
>
> But the other two may be done in a less resource intensive manner:
>
> - using mod_rewrite (i like the plugin variant proposed by paul)
> - redirecting the client through the script (not the script reading the
> resource)
>
> I don't have a PoC for the last suggestion, but I assume, that we may
> safe reasonable amounts of server resources by only asking the database
> for the correct direct url to the file and do a 301 or 302 redirect.
> downside is, that this needs changes to the core, IMO.
>
> Challanges:
> - can we improve performance and still have access control via lifetype
> (-> thinking about the new permission capabilities...)
> - is redirecting a useful solution to improve performance?
>
> oh well, not a very helpful post, just my thoughts :)
>
> reto
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