I have seen something I think is very close to what you want. The user logs in to HostA (W2k). HostA does authentication over SSL. HostA sends a domain cookie (.mydomain.com) to the user containing a long unique string (many characters). If the user connects to HostB (linux) the browser sends the cookie to HostB which in turn sends the cookie value back to HostA (via LWP) for validation.

HostA returns a short http message to HostB with an indication that the auth succeeded (or not).

You'll of course need to protect the directories you want protected (e.g. with .htaccess under Apache). You may want to make the cookie values "one-time" or associate other info with their use depending on what you are trying to do.

--traveler

In reply to Re: lwp and IFRAME by traveler
in thread lwp and IFRAME by novitiate

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.