>>> Marty Halvorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13-Jan-00 8:47:39 PM >>>
>Maybe I'm just dense, but, having read the appropriate RFC's
>for HTTP and HTTP Authentication, having searched and
>been unable to find anything that explained how to use the
>built in HTTP Authentication, I still don't understand it.
>Can anybody help? A bit of sample code would be an added bonus.
I wrote an FAQ on this a while ago. You can get it at:
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk/Servlets/FAQ/authentication.html
It explains the process of protecting a resource with basic
authentication, I'm going to update it soon (when it goes into the
Servlet-Interest List FAQ) to include Digest Authentication.
>The part I really don't understand is how to tell the browser that a
user
>name and password are necessary to get to this resource. But, the
rest is
>pretty vague also.
Read the FAQ, come back to me if you still have a problem.
Nic Ferrier
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