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Re: HTTP authentication software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Stephens)
Fri Oct 29 09:04:43 1999
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:57:42 +0100
From: Gary Stephens <gary.stephens@sse.ie>
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To: Michele Lee <mclee@oblix.com>
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Hi Michele,
> Are there any software that performs HTTP authentication? In particular, I
> have an server application that resides on a web server, and I want to write a
> non-browser client application that can talk to the server app. I'm concerned
> about how my client app can authenticate with the web server. If there are
> existing software that I can use, that would be great. Otherwise, is it
> difficult to write my own?
Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but have a look at
TrustedWeb at http://www.sse.ie/trustedweb
Gary