Comment on Secure Your REST APIparentComments−jimktrains213yActually, I mused have screwed up last night. The version of curl I have does support it and does put it into the Auth header. % curl --trace-ascii /dev/stdout http://jimktrains:password@news.ycombinator.com == Info: About to connect() to news.ycombinator.com port 80 (#0) == Info: Trying 184.172.10.74... == Info: connected == Info: Server auth using Basic with user 'jimktrains' => Send header, 223 bytes (0xdf) 0000: GET / HTTP/1.1 0010: Authorization: Basic amlta3RyYWluczpwYXNzd29yZA== ....... Some UAs however, do just drop it. Like IE (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489)
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Actually, I mused have screwed up last night. The version of curl I have does support it and does put it into the Auth header.
Some UAs however, do just drop it. Like IE (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489)