About Mac-specific web modules

By default, web service includes several Mac-specific web modules.

This module provides basic authentication. This is based on Apache’s mod_auth_basic but is modified to use Open Directory rather than htaccess files.

This module requires users to enter URLs for Mac OS Extended volumes using the correct case (lowercase or uppercase). This module adds security for case-insensitive volumes.

This module provides a newer form of digest authentication when possible. This is based on Apache’s mod_auth_digest but is modified to use Open Directory rather than htdigest files. It’s disabled by default because it requires that the Open Directory master use OS X v10.6 or later.

This module provides an older form of digest authentication. This is based on Apache’s mod_digest but is modified to use Open Directory rather than htdigest files.

This module provides Kerberos authentication for Open Directory users using the SPNEGO/Negotiate protocol.

This module allows WebDAV files to include Japanese characters in their names. Apple customized this open source module and modified WebDAV module mod_dav.

This module allows administrators to control how websites are registered with multicast DNS.