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Subject: Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Pop-up requester
From: Brian Teutsch <b-teutsch@northwestern.edu>
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on 8/14/00 3:38 AM, Stephen Criddle at stephen.criddle@saga.co.uk wrote:

> I wasn't actually thinking of Javascript when I posted my original question
> about a pop-up requester.  I was thinking more of the kind of pop-up requester
> you get when you try to access a restricted directory.  I don't think it's
> done
> through Javascript - I think it's at a lower level.  (Our firewall does a
> similar thing the first time we access the net in the morning).

I think what you're asking about is the www-authenticate field. It's
returned to give access to directories or files, and returns a 401 Access
Denied error code when authentication fails. I haven't implemented something
like it using perl-returned headers, but perhaps it's possible.


Brian

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Brian Teutsch              <http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~brian/>
                           <b-teutsch@northwestern.edu>

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