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Subject: Anyone interested in a patch to mod_fcgid(with pay)
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Hi, guys
   A company need a "TCP/IP patch of mod_fcgid or alternative", and will pa=
y for it, anyone interested? I really like to take it but I don't have too =
much time...
   Anyone interested please reply to me and I will forward the email addres=
s of them.


Our company is hosting a website with a lot of users. Each user needs login=
 to access our server. We have an in-house FCGI program responsible for aut=
henticate user's credentials. The FCGI program is called =E2=80=9CNeti=E2=
=80=9D;. Right now Neti works fine with Zeus server, however we want to swi=
tch to Apache server.

Neti only listens on TCP/IP socket, it assumes both an authorizer role and =
a responder role in the Fast CGI request. Here's the 3 candidate Apache mod=
ules to interface Neti:

1. Mod_fastcgi: this module has NOT been updated since 2007. It will break =
randomly, (not only with Neti, but with some other FCGIs), so we're not pla=
nning to pursue it;

2. Mod_proxy_fcgi: this module supports TCP socket, it can connect to Neti,=
 but it doesn't support authorizer role. So in the first FCGI request, it f=
orwards the request to Neti as a responder instead of an authorizer, Neti c=
annot simply let it through without properly authorizing it first, thus the=
 request fails;

3. Mod_fcgid: this module supports authorizer role while doesn't support TC=
P connection. We cannot confirm its authorizer role since it doesn't even c=
onnect to Neti due to lack of TCP;

So our choice is between either adding authorizer role to mod_proxy_fcgi or=
 adding TCP/IP to mod_fcgid.=20

We=E2=80=99re really willing to pay to have this project done, I mean eithe=
r adding proxy to mod_fcgid or adding authorizer to mod_proxy_fcgi. Are you=
 willing to work on this with reward or do you know anyone else who=E2=80=
=99s interested in doing so with pay, for example, author of mod_proxy_fcgi=
? (I cannot find his name)


Ryan