--- _brian_d_foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > It's not terribly well-known, but there is an alternative method of
> > using Basic Authentication.
>
>
> > You should be able to authenticate with the following syntax:
>
> > http://Ovid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/cgi-bin/ascript.cgi
>
> this isn't any more secure. the password information is still sent
> in the clear.
>
> if you need to protect this stuff, use SSL. :)
Oops! I hope I didn't imply that this was more secure. Like most http transactions,
it's
intercept this data.
Cheers,
Curtis "Ovid" Poe
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Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
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