[consulting] Use of groups.drupal.org

[Boris Mann]

On 5/18/06, Bèr Kessels <ber at webschuur.com> wrote:
>
> Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 19:37, schreef Dan Robinson:
> > My reader (thunderbird) asked for authentication and everything was aok.
>
> My reader, akregator uses the global KDE cookies. If you are logged in
> using
> the website, the feedreader gets access too. If not it will promt for
> authentication details.
>
> So: more advanced (better) Rss readers should/will be able to deal with
> authentication themselves.


Argh. No, incorrect. This is HTTP layer transport stuff. Different
aggregators deal with it in different ways. Some just use global cookies,
and don't actually handle Basic Auth at all. It works, in some cases, but is
not a good solution.

What *should* happen, is that the aggregator either:
* supports Basic Auth, and the user is prompted with user/pass which are
then cookified/saved
* supports URL mangling like user:pass at feedurl.com

I haven't tested with OPML, but it should also work in conjunction with
securesite and prompt. I have had some issues with NetNewsWire, which leads
me to believe there are still some buglets in the securesite code (which is
where the Basic Auth code is).

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Boris Mann
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