----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 6:17 AM
Subject: [REBOL] http authorisation - how? Re:
> [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
>
>
Yes I've struck this today to, on a server that is supposed to be using
Basic Authentication. Does
anyone have confirmation that the Basic Authentication is working?
Cheers,
Allen K
