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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: News Login Authentication through Netscape
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 13:03:11 -0700
Organization: Me
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Bradley M. Witkop wrote:
] Is there any way to news to force Netscape to ask for vallid passwd
] authentication for users who are coming accross the web from remote
] sites, rather than simply dialing into their accounts first?
]
] I know about the nnrp.access file. I can manually place a user
] name and text password into this, but that isn't a clean or safe
] way to handle the problem. I have seen some SUN systems
] authenticate for offsite requests by first displaying a dialog
] box in Netscape for User and/or Password input before continuing
] with the news read.
]
] Any ideas if this is possible with this language?
You can embed the login information in the URL. Read the
documentation that came with your registered copy of Netscape.
8-).
Otherwise, you can use Netscape's new server, which can put up
HTML and act as a CGI for authentication purposes. Basically,
you disallow access except through a validated cookie (just like
CGI scripts for login to HTTP sites works).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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