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HTTP authentication is a method for a HTTP user agent to provide a user name and a certain proof confirming the user's identity when making a request. Various proofs define different HTTP Authentication methods, e.g. basic, forms, digest, or others.

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Artifactory Browsing With Nginx & HTTP SSO Too Slow

I have setup a reverse proxy between Nginx and Artifactory, following instructions from here : https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/nginx I've also enabled HTTP SSO in Artifactory so that a user authenticated by Artifactory is able to log in…
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Basic HTTP authorization header

I would like to set-up a basic HTTP-Authentication using JQuery on the client-side and Node.js on the server side. I have made the following Ajax request on the server side to set the headers: $.ajax({ type: "GET", url:…
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Send http-authentication with javascript

I have an application that includes an iframe to a page on my website, but i don't want anyone not using the application to access it, so i put basic http authentication on the page, is there a way to make javascript send the information from the…
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Http authentication change working directory

What I would like to do is for my users to log in with http authentication. Based on their login username the working directory will be different. I need to use http authentication because I don't want to interfere with the web application (drupal)…
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Python elasticutils http authentication or api key?

Hello I'm currently using elasticutils in django to search indexed documents but my cluster doesn't have any authentication method so anyone can access to my ES server from internet, is there any way to set a key o auth method with elasticutils in…
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PHP - HTTP Authentication or $_SESSION to authenticate user?

What are the differences between HTTP Authentication and $_SESSION to authenticate user on login form? HTTP,
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HTTP authentication without Curl in PHP

Right now I have a application in PHP, which works the HTTP authentication using curl. I believe, this the better authentication method to compare other authentication methods in-terms of security and code complexity. But still I am wishing to know…
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Possible to Authenticate with an website with POST / Download CAPTCHA

I've often wanted to create applications that provide a simpler front-end to other websites that require users to login before the pages I want to use can be accessed. I was wondering, if (1) any website with a POST to an http page can be…
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.htaccess access control

I have a directory which contains a htaccess file: AuthType Basic AuthName "Go away" AuthUserFile /home/daniel/.htpasswds/directory1/.htpasswd Require valid-user I have a subdirectory within that folder that I wish to use a different set of…
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Does mod_ssl 2.8.31 work with Apache 2.2?

I'm trying to setup a mod_ssl - Apache server for authentication purpose. I just downloaded the latest mod_ssl package (2.8.31) and the CHANGE document says it's only been upgraded to Apache 1.3.41. However, 1.3.x is no longer maintained. Should I…
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Basic HTTP Auth with Django 1.8

We are using the built in django.contrib.auth to handle most of our users log-ins/registrations. However we also want to have basic HTTP Auth access to our app api so that we can access it via a command line interface project we are building. The…
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Unable to setup Gerrit code review: Service Temporarily Unavailable

I am trying to setup Gerrit on CentOS using HTTP authentication but getting "Service Temporarily Unavailable" when I tried to access it on "http://x.x.x.x/gerrit/login/". It seems that this is some configuration issue with Gerrit/Apache. I tried to…
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WebView.setHttpAuthUsernamePassword() not working?

I am developing part of an Android application that needs to use a WebView to open a password protected site. I am using SharedPreferences to provide the username and password from when the user logs in the app for the first time. I've tested the…
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Auto authenticate HTTP authentication in web-based test

I am working with Arquillian Drone and Graphene to write web-based tests for our webapplication. The webapplication uses HTTP authentication. When I start the test (I currently use FirefoxDriver, but I guess it would be the same with every other…
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Is client implementation for HTTP basic and digest authentication the same?

According to Apache's guide to HTTP authentication. Both basic and digest authentication requires a UsernamePasswordCredentials instance. My question is can I use the same client implementation for server authentication for both basic and digest…
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