>>> web servers, for systems with web servers you don't have access to, and
>>> doubtless for other purposes. Such a plugin would add quite a bit of flexibility,
>>> and in that sense (IMO, of course) it'd be in the spirit of ikiwiki. --[[schmonz]]
+
+>>>> Yes, I think this could probably be used in combination with ikiwiki's
+>>>> httpauth and openid plugins. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>> If you use the httpauth and the cgiauthurl method, you can restrict a path
+>>>>> like /private/* to be accessible only under the authenticated request uri.