What you are saying does not make any sense.  

"The arbitrary restrictions based on file type and what you are describing 
pretty much reduce stock upload/download etc to a heaping, worthless,  
steaming pile of it. "

They also make it difficult for an enterprise to embrace a mobile 
architecture that utilizes personal devices.

I can download and install www.mysite.com/myPOSapp.apk all day long if the 
site has anonymous access.  But as soon as authentication is required, 
download is impossible unless I install a browser that is capable of 
authenticating.  Seems to me if you can download and install anonymously, 
you should be able to do the same when required to authenticate.

For a company to be able to privately and SECURELY distribute its own apps, 
this now requires some sort of middleware product (like FireFox, some 
Private Market or an in house app (that I still need to distribute 
securely)).  Heck, the users in my company are no different that the rest 
of the world - they just want to point and click.  A BusyBox solution is no 
different than a company wide email that says "Hey, come to the Kiosk in 
the cafeteria and bring your device and a USB cable to install our new POS 
app."  The current solution is to download something so you can download 
the company app.

I need to be able to set up a secure website where my users can come and 
browse and download and install our PRIVATE company apps.  I want to keep 
the rest of the world out so my users will need to log in to get to them.  

So my original question remains, if I cannot authenticate an install with 
stock browser, are there other options?

M

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