[cups.development] Re: [RFE] STR #1469: Pair authentication, Allow/Deny, Encryption with Port/SSLPort

[Ryan Lovett]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 09:56:39AM -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> [STR Active]
> 
> Um, you should be able to use the following in CUPS 1.1.x:
> 
>     <Location /foo>
>     Satisfy Any
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow 11.22.33.0/24  # your one network
>     AuthType Basic
>     Encryption Required
>     </Location>
> 
> If you connect from the 11.22.33 network, you are allowed without
> providing a password, but the connection will always be encrypted.
> 
> In CUPS 1.2, you can drop the "Encryption Required" bit and let the
> "DefaultEncryption" setting turn on encryption with authentication.
> 
> In short, I think we can do what you want already.
> 
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1469
> Version:  -feature


Thank you for your response. After playing with this for a while, I was
able to get it to work.

Apparently "Satisfy" has been in cups since 1.1.7; I wish I would have
spotted this earlier.

Ryan