How difficult is it to evaluate DACS?
The Quick Start Tutorial was written to make it as easy as possible to install, configure, and experiment with DACS. A system administrator with some experience building and configuring Apache should be able to install DACS, including the necessary third-party software, and configure it for testing in about 30-45 minutes. After installing DACS, a basic DACS configuration involves: • Adding about a dozen additional directives to Apache’s httpd.conf file; • Adding a similar number of DACS directives to DACS’s dacs.conf file; • Running a few DACS utilities; • Writing a handful of access control rules to try; and • Using an ordinary browser to test DACS services and DACS-wrapped resources. Once the basic configuration is operational, it is not difficult to experiment with DACS and extend the configuration. The resulting Apache/DACS configuration may even meet your immediate needs with few changes, apart from any new web pages that you may require (such as custom login/signout pages). If yo
