LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update

[Foteos Macrides]

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1997-06-11
* Mods in HTAABrow.c, HTTP.c and HTAlert.c so that auth_proxy is no
  longer a module wide global, and the structures which handle/create
  authentication/authorization headers maintain separate setup trees
  for proxy authentication/authorization versus for protected limbs of
  http/https data trees (realms) on the same server.  This ensures that
  each proxy's template, which is the global '*' for all paths (that are
  in fact full URLs) in its proxying requests, are kept distinct from
  the templates for true paths of the protected limbs on the same saver,
  even if the user fails to include that proxy in the no_proxy list, or
  the server's WebMaster fails to do the equivalent configuration for
  the server, and the realm names overlap.  Also modified the prompt
  strings for the username and password to be encrypted for protected
  document requests versus for proxy access so that they indicate
  explicitly whether the user's entries will be used for one or the
  other. - FM
* Added a -pauth=id:pw switch for proxy servers, homologous to the
  -auth=id:pw switch for protected documents, along the lines of AJL's
  patch.  Note that the -pauth value is used only for authorization
  headers to the first protected proxy server encountered, and the -auth
  value is used only for the authorization headers in document requests
  for the first protected limb encountered.  Now that we have an explicit
  switch for proxy authentication, it should be used explicitly for that,
  instead of still allowing use of the -auth=id:pw switch for either
  (IMHO).  Also, there's no serious need to make inclusion of the code
  for handling these switches a compilation option, because they are only
  available to users with shell access.  Updated the help files concerning
  these switches, and included advice to make sure any script files which
  use these switches have restricted access. - FM


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