On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Aaron Collins <collinsa@(protected):
> I'm trying to write a perl based mod_captcha using the recaptcha service, I
> was wondering is someone could tell me which handler I should use that would
> allow me to have mod_perl intercept a request going to a specific location
> and if it i return true continue with the request. In my case I use
> ProxyPass to pass request to java. So I'd want to have my handler jump in
> give a captcha and when the captcha is approved continue forwarding it on to
> the proxypass. If my understanding of mod_perl is incorrect please let me
> know if their is a better logic to approach this.

You can't do all that within a single HTTP request. What you need to
do is check if the person is authorized already (usually through a
cookie), and if not, redirect them to your captcha application. When
they pass the captcha, you give them a cookie that identifies them,
and that cookie allows them in to the protected area.

Rather than write this all yourself, I suggest you subclass Apache::AuthTicket.

- Perrin


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