Thanks for "the big picture". This is exactly the guidance that I needed.
Dick McCullough knowledge := man do identify od existent done; knowledge haspart proposition list; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wade Bowmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Unicon group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Apollo, Adrian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [Unicon-group] automatic login with open(http) ? > At 04:26 AM 10/06/2003 -0700, Richard H. McCullough wrote: > >For those web sites that require member login, > >is it possible to pass username and password > >in the open(http) header? > > Generally, if a web browser can do it, then Unicon can do it. It's just a > Simple Matter Of Programming. :-) > > In practice, there are several ways a site can ask for a member login. The > first and probably the simplest uses an extension of HTTP called > Authentication, which is documented in the RFC. AFAICR, it requires > checking for a particular response that indicates an authentication is > required, then supplying an extra header in future requests to the same web > server with the encoded password. > > The next simplest is probably more common and involves a HTTP POST with the > username and password in certain fields. Such pages usually return a HTTP > Cookie which (obviously) would be sent in subsequent requests. This also > requires a bit of reverse-engineering of the target page to know which > fields to post! > > The third and probably the hardest to do in Unicon is the second behind an > HTTPS page. That requires SSL and thus encryption... > > > Wade Bowmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > _______________________________________________ > Unicon-group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unicon-group > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Unicon-group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unicon-group
