#http-basic-authentication

[sevennet-blog]

Fixed: Respond to HTTP OPTIONS with basic auth #solution #it #fix

Fixed: Respond to HTTP OPTIONS with basic auth #solution #it #fix

Respond to HTTP OPTIONS with basic auth

We have a web site hosting Office documents behind IIS6 Basic authentication.

IE has an authentication token for basic auth, which it presents to download the file. The user clicks “Open”, and then Microsoft Office Protocol Discovery does a HTTP OPTIONS request on the directory the file was served from. However, Office does not have the auth token that IE…

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[infobotbiz-blog]

Fix: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #computers #it #solution

Fix: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #computers #it #solution

Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters?

I believe this is not possible, but someone I know insisted that it works. I don’t even know what parameters to try, and I haven’t found this documented anywhere.

I tried http://myserver.com/~user=username&password=mypassword but it doesn’t work.

Can you confirm that it’s not in fact possible to pass the user/pass via HTTP…

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[sevennet-blog]

Solution: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #answer #it #solution

Solution: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #answer #it #solution

Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters?

I believe this is not possible, but someone I know insisted that it works. I don’t even know what parameters to try, and I haven’t found this documented anywhere.

I tried http://myserver.com/~user=username&password=mypassword but it doesn’t work.

Can you confirm that it’s not in fact possible to pass the user/pass via HTTP…

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[goodanswerbiz]

Fix: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #fix #it #programming

Fix: Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? #fix #it #programming

Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters?

I believe this is not possible, but someone I know insisted that it works. I don’t even know what parameters to try, and I haven’t found this documented anywhere.

I tried http://myserver.com/~user=username&password=mypassword but it doesn’t work.

Can you confirm that it’s not in fact possible to pass the user/pass via HTTP…

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