At 22:17 8/06/00 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Anton, Brian
>
>I've found the problem.
>
>Does your password or user-id contain a space?
No, my user:pass does not contain any spaces or other strange characters.
(Unfortunately ;) Thanks for asking...
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >What I want to do is download a html page that requires authorisation.
> > > >I tried inserting the user name and password in the same fashion as
> > > >email downloading:
> > > >
> > > >read http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >but it gives "...server response: .. 401 Unauthorized."
> > >
> > > There are two kinds of http authorization, basic and digest. Basic sends
> > > a clear-text userid and password as part of the headers. Digest sends an
> > > MD5 message digest of the password - it is newer and more secure.
> > >
> > > At this point, REBOL only supports basic authentication. Apparently the
> > > server you're connecting to doesn't downgrade to basic authentication
> > > for security reasons.
> > >
> > > You may be out of luck, Anton :(
> > >
> > > Brian Hawley
-Anton.
