Django, Access control, Static content

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The Dreamhost web hosting thread below was started by on 2010-08-26 14:05:16:

I’m using Django. I have some static files that should only be served to users who are logged in. There seem to be a lot of ways to skin this cat, but I haven’t found any available on the shared server. - I’ve done this using mod_python / PythonAccessHandler in another (non-DreamHost) project. Sadly, mod_python is only available on a private server - I tried to use WSGIAuthUserScript, but the htaccess directive: “AuthBasicProvider wsgi” causes an error: Unknown Authn provider: wsgi - I haven’t found any example of how to use FastCgiAccessChecker with python. - I thought about using a hack to add my Django users to a password file or database. But then they would have to log in again to get the files under AuthType Basic, Digest or DB. I want a single sign-on. - Django can serve static content, but claims to be insecure. Any idea how insecure? I don’t really know how to make it only serve static content to authenticated users. Any ideas?

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