on 2/7/01 10:49 AM, "Magnús Þór Torfason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone implemented HTTP Authorization requests within Turbine.
>
> What I am thinking of is a Screen such that all screen extending it would
> require Authorization, and would request it with HTTP headers, instead of
> displaying a form that the user has to fill out.
Entirely possible. Create your own SessionValidator.
> I might very well implement this myself, but am not an expert on HTTP, so
> any comments would be appreciated.
Well, you need an understanding of HTTP to implement it. The comments you
are looking for are in the HTTP spec.
> (Like, possibly, why this is not the default mechanism, I'm guessing there
> is a good reason).
Cause it is ugly to have the browser present a dialog people have to fill
out. People like websites with a nice form in it.
-jon
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