I'm working on a authentication module and I need to produce a string without any inherent fixed structure, so I would just using ngx_sprintf and pointer arithmetic. However something insidious is going on during compilation. I have played arround with u_char * as well as char *'s. The gdb debug sessions goes as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------by hassan.syed - Nginx Development
Hello, I am working with the 0.7* code base, and I need to extract a sub-string from a location URL regex capture during the access phase. I'm working on an authentication scheme that matches a capture from a location with the payload of an encrypted cookie (similar to kerberos tickets). I could only find code that did this in the scripting engine codes, and I do not at this point require this leby hassan.syed - Nginx Development
Hello Folks, I have spent a few weeks reversing knowledge from Nginx's source base. However, I need to verify some of my understanding, and I have four questions for which some help would be extremely usefull. The first question I have asked on Stack Overflow (SO, link at end of email) . However, I doubt it will be answered there. The SO question also gives a better overview of what I am trying tby hassan.syed - Nginx Development
Hello Again, I re-factored all the gunk I wrote yesterday. Not only was it the wrong way around, it was doing things incorrectly (fun times with GDB :D), and the error messages shouldn't be returned manually but with a "ngx_log_error()" call followed by a "NGX_CONF_ERROR" return code from within the merge function. So, I grossly misunderstood the subtleties of the create and mby hassan.syed - Nginx Development
Hey Folks, I am wondering if there is anything in the pipeline that may ease config validation testing. The use-case I am currently working on is testing the validity of config for a certain module. If for a particular location a module is active, than a certain other directives should be present, and if they are present it should be possible to test for some other predicates at runtime (for examby hassan.syed - Nginx Development
(copy of intro that I posted on new members section in the forums). Hello Folks ! I'm a 29 yo R&D programmer currently working at @UK plc (www.uk-plc.net) in the United Kingdom. I am currently working on a Nginx HTTP authentication module for my company; however I have additional interests in Nginx, I will outline these below. My Research Work I have recently finished a industrial M.Phil wby hassan.syed - Nginx Development
Seems this forums is underused. Am I to understand that to post on the dev forums I must use the mailing list ?by hassan.syed - New Member Introductions
Hello Folks ! I'm a 29 yo R&D programmer currently working at @UK plc (www.uk-plc.net) in the United Kingdom. I am currently working on a Nginx HTTP authentication module for my company; however I have additional interests in Nginx, I will outline these below. My Research Work I have recently finished a industrial M.Phil with the main software deliverable being a distributed HTTP traby hassan.syed - New Member Introductions