http://login:passwd at url supported

[John Caron]

Hi James:

Thanks for the info. Is there a written spec that says how this is supposed to work? Do you know if the Java-DODS library implements?



James Gallagher wrote:
> 
> On Feb 13, 2006, at 5:15 PM, John Caron wrote:
> 
>> Does dods support the http://login:passwd@url syntax? I couldnt  find 
>> it in the 2.0 spec. If not, is there any standard way to deal  with 
>> password protected servers?
>>
> 
> Yes it does, although authentication is not part of the spec (not all  
> servers implement it, although mine do). I decided to break it our  and 
> eventually write a separate spec for authentication.
> 
> James
> 
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