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Author authentication & user agent
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:
>
>
>
> AFAIK no. And it doesn't sound something very safe anyway. The user-agent
> can be easily faked.
> Davide
>


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

2005-03-29, 2:50 am

Davide Bianchi wrote:

> On 2005-03-22, Justin Koivisto <justin@koivi.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> AFAIK no. And it doesn't sound something very safe anyway. The user-agent
> can be easily faked.
> Davide
>


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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