Top "Basic-authentication" questions

Basic authentication is a method for a web browser or other client program to provide a user name and password when making a request.

Why is HTTPBuilder basic auth not working?

The following code doesn't authenticate the user (no authentication failure happens, but the call fails due to lack of permissions): …

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WCF Service with wsHttpBinding - Manipulating HTTP request headers

I have been following this tutorial in order to get username authentication with transport security working in my WCF service. …

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Authentication with WKWebView in Swift

In my iOS app, I would like to use a WKWebView to wrap an external URL in the application. This …

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WindowsIdentity.Impersonate in ASP.NET randomly "Invalid token for impersonation - it cannot be duplicated"

I have an ASP.NET app that requires users to sign in with their domain accounts using Basic Authentication. The …

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HTTP server behind IIS: pass authentication headers

I have an IIS instance configured with Windows Authentication and URL Rewrite, so it basically works as a reverse proxy. …

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Spring security - unable to logout

I retrofitted my GWT/GXT application with basic LDAP Authorization using basic HTTP authentication. It works well when I start …

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Using multiple WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter with different AuthenticationProviders (basic auth for API and LDAP for web app)

According the Spring Security Reference section 5.7 it should be possible to define more than one security adapter. I try to …

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Cannot use basic authentication while serving static files using express

Using the Express framework for node.js, I'm trying to serve up static files contained in a directory while also …

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Cookies vs Basic Auth

Why almost all websites out there are using cookies instead of basic auth? It can't be only that the user/…

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Yii 2 RESTful API authenticate with HTTP Basic (Yii 2 advanced template)

REST API is working without authentication methods. Now i wanted to authenticate REST API with HTTP Basic authentication for API …

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