Sample authorization page
Welcome to this sample authorization page. This lets you try and
access some data (a very boring sentence) which is protected by the HTTP
Basic Access Authentication Scheme.
In this simple demonstration, you should be asked for a userid and
password--just invent a userid and use the same word as your password.
Normally, of course, an application would have some other way of
choosing or registering a userid and password.
Please try clicking on this hypertext link.
Notes:
- This uses the HTTP Basic authorization scheme, which challenges the
client (browser) when it first tries to access protected data. The client
can then continue to send the same userid/password combination when
connecting to the same server, so the user does not need to be prompted
for the userid/password for every page viewed. For more details, see
the HTTP specifications.
- The userid and password travel across the network in (essentially)
plain text, so this does not provide a high level of security. Consult
your local security expert if you have sensitive or valuable data to
protect.