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TLS Client Authentication

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go

Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository's existing authentication and TLS configuration, then determine how TLS client authentication should relate to htpasswd authentication. Done means the issue's requested alternative is implemented with documented configuration and tested authentication behavior.

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Description

type: feature request

Feature request. Alternative to htpasswd auth.

Dominant language
Go
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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