[pmwiki-users] can password be embedded into url?; https security

W Randolph Franklin pmwiki at wrfranklin.org
Mon Jul 9 16:52:00 CDT 2007


Hi,

1. Is it possible to combine a password into the url, so that
accessing a protected page becomes a 1-step process?  This would
make it easier for people to access protected pages, say by
simply clicking on a link in a bookmark list w/o having to
remember the password.  This would be especially appreciated by
nontechnical people like upper managers.

For example, non-wiki pages can already be accessed thus:

    http://user:password@site.dom/file


2. When I access a wiki page with https (to prevent snoopers from
stealing the password), the browser warns that some info is not
encrypted?  What info?

Thanks.

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W. Randolph Franklin
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