September 9th, 2008
Was this their use case for “Developer want to download DB2 client software”?
I documented the steps it took me to do a single download from their site, and sent them an e-mail which will either be politely ignored as not understanding the complexities of their business or (at best) printed our and pinned up on their break room wall.
Summary: it took more than 48 steps (some I abbreviated into a loop) to download one file.
Here’s the e-mail.
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June 5th, 2008
I think I’ve fixed this IE-loses-POST data bug; I’m seeking feedback, verification and testing from others that want to lend a hand.
Important
- this binary was built for Apache 2.2.11 (other downloads for for Apache 2.2.8 and 2.2.9 are available too)
- requires Windows XP, Server 2003, or Vista w/ the Visual C++ redist installed
- I posted a binary built with Visual Studio 2005; while I cannot get it to load, it may work on Windows 2000. (I don’t have access to any Windows 2000 machines.) You’ll need the VC2005 SP1 redist installed.
- update - zip files has renamed
mod_auth_sspi.so.manifest to httpd.exe.manifest - this file needs to be in your Apache2\bin directory if you’re using the Apache binary from apache.org
Unfortunately, since I used the latest Windows SDK, Windows 2000 cannot load this module. Once the changes are officially accepted, we can see about porting to other Windows platforms.
If you’d like me to build against other versions of Apache (on Vista or XP), use this site’s contact form to let me know.
I am interested in getting these changes back into SourceForge, but wanted to hack on my own (with revision control) first, which is why there’s a Mercurial repository. (I’m not trying to fork this project, or anything.)
This module does report itself as mod_auth_sspi 1.0.5 - that not meant to be an official 1.0.5; this is still a beta, and not officially accepted into the SourceForge project yet.
Development Details
I not an Apache or APR guru; I had to learn what was going on from scratch. I spent the first two days just getting familiar with the mod_auth_sspi source, and added a lot of comments along the way.
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March 24th, 2008
Let me tell you about a dream I had.
I know, I know: dreams are ethereal. And maybe this one comes because I’ve been watching too much Lost, had ice cream right before bed the night before, and my sub-conscious has a lot to work out. Maybe it had something to do with the poster I saw at my friend Kristy’s house. And yeah: it doesn’t stand up to standard dream-interpretation scrutiny.
I don’t really care. Maybe a dream can be just a dream?
…
I was on an island, and sunset drew near.
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