JohanMoreau/spnego-http-auth-nginx-module

Nginx module to use SPNEGO+GSSAPI+Kerberos for HTTP authentication
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Testing
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Authentication has been tested with (at least) the following:
  Software
  Nginx             1.2.3
  Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385
  Firefox           10.0.6
  Chrome            20.0.1132.57
  Curl              7.19.5 (GSS-Negotiate), 7.27.0 (SPNEGO/fbopenssl)

The underlying kerberos library used for these tests was MIT KRB5 1.7

History
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Michael Shadle paid YoctoPetaBorg from RentACoder to develop this extension as
ngx_http_auth_sso_module.  Michael then renamed it to
ngx_http_auth_spnego_module.  This initial module provided spnego support using
Microsoft's sample spnegohelp files.  Since then, SPNEGO support has made its
way into various GSS/Kerberos libraries.

Various other people have contributed minor patches to make the extension work
in their environments.

Provenance
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The initial codebase was a fork of Apache's mod_auth_gss_krb5 0.0.5
(http://modgssapache.sf.net) with changes to support nginx.

Compilation
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When compiling from source build as usual adding the --add-module option:

  ./configure --add-module=$PATH_TO_MODULE

inside top Nginx source directory.

Configuration
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The module has following directives:

- auth_gss: "on"/"off", for ease of unsecuring while leaving other
  options in the config file,

- auth_gss_realm: what Kerberos realm name to use, for now only used to
  remove it from full user@realm.name,

- auth_gss_keytab: absolute path-name to keytab file containing service
  credentials,

- auth_gss_service_name: what service name to use when acquiring
  credentials. (TOFIX: HTTP but should be a list in case of some other
  browsers wanting perhaps khttp or http)

TOFIX: for now they are all merely location specific. i.e. no way to
specify main or per server defaults, except for ...

Examples
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... current "hardcodeds" ;-}

location /topsecret {
  auth_gss on;
  auth_gss_realm LOCALDOMAIN;
  auth_gss_keytab /etc/krb5.keytab;
  auth_gss_service_name HTTP;
}

Additional Information
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Generating a keytab with an HTTP SPN will be specific to your environment. As
with many things, ask your local administrators or try examples on Google until
you find something that works.
JohanMoreau / spnego-http-auth-nginx-module

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