Re: my first web service -- WEB400

Subject: Re: my first web service
From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:27:51 -0500
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rather than a roll your own authentication, it makes good sense
to simply configure the server to require Basic Authentication.

Only if you're using a identity store that basic will work with (eg, not
a customer number/password in the customer file) and you don't care
about performance. :-) Remember the process for basic authentication:

Client -> Server: Can I have /page.htm
Server -> Client: Nope (401 error). I don't know you. Can you identify?
Client -> Server: Oh, sorry, sure. I'm base64(User:Password)
Server -> Client: OK, here's the page.

That is, you have to make two roundtrips. With the roll your own you
make just one, sending the data in the first place.

-Walden

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