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authentication & user agent
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| Justin Koivisto 2005-03-22, 6:12 pm |
| Just a quick question for some of you auth experts...
Can I use Basic authentication to restrict access to everyone *unless*
they have a specific user-agent?
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| Davide Bianchi 2005-03-22, 6:12 pm |
| On 2005-03-22, Justin Koivisto <justin@koivi.com> wrote:
> Can I use Basic authentication to restrict access to everyone *unless*
> they have a specific user-agent?
AFAIK no. And it doesn't sound something very safe anyway. The user-agent
can be easily faked.
Davide
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| Justin Koivisto 2005-03-22, 6:12 pm |
| Davide Bianchi wrote:
> On 2005-03-22, Justin Koivisto <justin@koivi.com> wrote:
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> AFAIK no. And it doesn't sound something very safe anyway. The user-agent
> can be easily faked.
> Davide
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Ya, about 2 seconds after I posted I realized that I can just send the
user/pass along with the request. brain fart I guess...
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Justin Koivisto - justin@koivi.com
http://koivi.com
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| Justin Koivisto 2005-03-29, 2:50 am |
| Davide Bianchi wrote:
> On 2005-03-22, Justin Koivisto <justin@koivi.com> wrote:
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> AFAIK no. And it doesn't sound something very safe anyway. The user-agent
> can be easily faked.
> Davide
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Ya, about 2 seconds after I posted I realized that I can just send the
user/pass along with the request. brain fart I guess...
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Justin Koivisto - justin@koivi.com
http://koivi.com
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