wayland's Computer Stuff - HTTP Authentication

Poor software support for HTTP Authentication

wayland — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:29:04 +0000

This article summarises the bugs that plague HTTP Authentication. These have all been mentioned elsewhere in the series, but I've grouped them here by software.

Lack of Internationalisation in HTTP Authentication

wayland — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:03:48 +0000

Lack of internationalisation has caused problems in HTTP Authentication. This article discusses how to work around that.

Single sign-on for HTTP Authentication

wayland — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:00:33 +0000

This discusses using a single sign-on for multiple domains with HTTP Authentication

Inadequate Logout functionality in HTTP Authentication

wayland — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:53:23 +0000

This talks about solutions to the problem that HTTP Authentication provides inadequate logout facilities.

HTTP Authentication User Interface

wayland — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:15:49 +0000

Some have complained that HTTP Authentication has a poor user interface. This article addresses this.

HTTP Authentication: Solutions and Futures Introduction

wayland — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:51:13 +0000

There are various problems with HTTP authentication. In this series I discuss the various problems and their solutions.

Introduction

Many have cited problems with HTTP authentication (as opposed to session-based authentication, which has its own problems).

Problems often cited include:

Optional HTTP Authentication

wayland — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:44:06 +0000

Optional HTTP Authentication is possible. This article describes how.