Hello, I am looking for a way to retrieve the AUTH password, without using mod_rewrite ...
my $cgi = new CGI; $cgi->remote_user; # this is the user $cgi->remote_password???; # but where is the password? In PHP, this is $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']. It would be nice to know, if there is a proper way to do such a thing. Greetings, Alexander Elgert ---- RFC 3875 CGI Version 1.1 October 2004 9.2. Header Fields Containing Sensitive Information Some HTTP header fields may carry sensitive information which the server should not pass on to the script unless explicitly configured to do so. For example, if the server protects the script by using the Basic authentication scheme, then the client will send an Authorization header field containing a username and password. The server validates this information and so it should not pass on the password via the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION meta-variable without careful consideration. This also applies to the Proxy-Authorization header field and the corresponding HTTP_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION meta-variable. -- Deutsche Telekom AG Seamless ICT Security Infrastructure & Management im Auftrag T-Systems International GmbH Dipl. Inf Alexander Elgert Langwadener Strasse 17 64625 Bensheim +49 176 22 717 661 (Mobil) +49 671 83419-12 (Tel) +49 671 83419-30 (Fax) E-Mail: alexander.elg...@gmx.de
