Thanks, Peter. Peter Hansen wrote: > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > >>but googling for "basic authentication" and > >>maybe "realm" and/or "host" will find you other sites with less > >>technically detailed material. > > > > This looks promising, but it'll take me a week to understand it :) > > > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtm > > (Minor typo... needs an extra "l" on the end: > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/authentication.shtml > ) > > By the way, note that neither basic auth nor digest auth provide any > real security, and in fact with basic auth the userid and password are > sent *in cleartext*. For any serious production site these techniques > should probably not be used without additional security measures in > place, such as HTTPS encryption. > > -Peter
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