I am using GeoServer Version 2.2.4, and have been using it without any
security on the data layers accessed using OpenLayers.  I am now trying to
add layer security to some of my layers.  I have been researching this and
it appears that I need to add authentication to the header of each request
(or at least that is one option).  I create the authorization string as
follows:

 

                var userpass = username + ":" + password;

 

I calculate the base64 encoding of the string as below:

 

                var auth = make_basic_auth(userpass);  //The
make_basic_auth() function utilizes the Base64.js from Webtoolkit
<http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript-base64.html> .

 

Then I add the following to the options in the HTTP request:

 

                headers: {Authorization: auth}

 

In viewing the header of the request in Firebug, the authorization string is
included in the request header.  But, the layer is not being read because I
get the pink tiles.  I am using a ProxyHost.

 

If I am trying to accomplish the basic authorization in the wrong way,
please let me know.  Any suggestions that you may have are greatly
appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Jerome Wendell

 

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