Re: cookies vs http authentication

[Chris Carpita]

Basic auth is more or less fool-proof, best for internal audiences,
and it is encrypted only over SSL.

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Dion Rasmussen <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sure,
>
> Just the Basic authentication across an SSL connection.
>
> Of course you could also use secure session cookies.
>
> Regards :)
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Davi Leal <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Could you reply the below pending question?
>>
>>
>> Davi Leal wrote:
>> > Dion Rasmussen wrote:
>> > > Furthermore the standard HTTP authentication can be used with eventual
>> > > secure socket layer constraints instead of relying on cookies for
>> > > security.
>> >
>> > There are several HTTP authentication methods. What specific one do you
>> > think the project should use?
>
>
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