RE: protect tag on NT

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13013
interpreted = N
texte = >Actually - becuase of the security scheme in IIS we came up with an >additional scheme that puts the technique used for Authentication under >your (the webmaster's) control. There is a file in the WebCatalog folder >named authenticate checker, if WebCat finds this it uses Forms based >passwords and not the username and password from the broswer (this is the >only technique that works for IIS) - to have this be seamless with your >site you need to pass username and password thru the site like you do with >cart...Passing the username and password to every page means that sometimes you're going to have hyperlinks displaying those usernames and passwords in the browser. That's why I use [protect] more or less universally on the Mac.So what you're saying is that on NT running IIS, there's no way to hide the username and password values ... unless Forms using method=post (and no hyperlinks) are used to navigate from protected page to protected page?Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Olin 1997)
  2. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  3. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  4. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Olin 1997)
  5. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  6. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Olin 1997)
  7. Re: protect tag on NT IIS (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  8. RE: protect tag on NT (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  9. RE: protect tag on NT (Marc Eagle 1997)
  10. RE: protect tag on NT (Olin 1997)
  11. RE: protect tag on NT (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  12. RE: protect tag on NT (Jay Van Vark 1997)
  13. RE: protect tag on NT (Marc Eagle 1997)
>Actually - becuase of the security scheme in IIS we came up with an >additional scheme that puts the technique used for Authentication under >your (the webmaster's) control. There is a file in the WebCatalog folder >named authenticate checker, if WebCat finds this it uses Forms based >passwords and not the username and password from the broswer (this is the >only technique that works for IIS) - to have this be seamless with your >site you need to pass username and password thru the site like you do with >cart...Passing the username and password to every page means that sometimes you're going to have hyperlinks displaying those usernames and passwords in the browser. That's why I use [protect] more or less universally on the Mac.So what you're saying is that on NT running IIS, there's no way to hide the username and password values ... unless Forms using method=post (and no hyperlinks) are used to navigate from protected page to protected page?Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html Kenneth Grome

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