I will review the patch today.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David G. Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:06 PM > To: Jetspeed Developers List > Subject: proposed patch - HTTP Basic Autentication for WebPagePortlet > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd like to make a small contribution to Jetspeed. > > The attached patch enables the WebPagePortlet to display pages which > require HTTP Basic Authentication. > > Please review the proposed patch, apply, and test it. Also, > please post > any comments or propose enhancements that might make it worthy of > acceptance. > > Thanks, > > DP > > ============================================================ > Changed Class: > ============================================================ > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.portlets.WebPagePortlet > > WebPagePortlet now recognized two new <portlet-entry> parameters > - - username > - - password > > The username and password are used to construct an HTTP Basic > Authentication header which is used by the WebPagePortlet to access > "secured" content. > > > ============================================================ > New Class: > ============================================================ > org.apache.jetspeed.util.Base64 > > Excerpt from RFC 2617 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2617.html) > To receive authorization, the client sends the userid and password, > separated by a single colon (":") character, within a base64 > encoded string > in the credentials. > > > > > - -- > David G. Powers > PowerSource > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Verify the authenticity of this message with the > public key available at http://pssp.com/dgp_pk.asc > > iD8DBQE8ooi1jmjAPDT0/nERAvXxAJ9cthkMTQHNBgVrbOD83KehyngDSgCgqQck > jhxsk10yKMySqNFAjQ08WBU= > =bzP4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
