Re: Mac v. NT
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16445
interpreted = N
texte = You can also store the username and password into the cart file and with a simple modification of the mutligroup checker look there for them -- if you are worried about passing them around...We don't do that as the norm so that people can use the protect without having a shopping cart, however in a shopping situation - this is much nicer... >At 06:54 PM 3/5/98 -0800, Grant Hulbert wrote: >>>Just curious why the protect tag with Mac and Webcatalog will display a >>>browser password box, allow you to enter, then cache that password while >>>your browser is open not requiring you to enter it again, and NT w/ Netscape >>>server is in an HTML for and requires me to enter my username and password >>>each time I enter a page with a [protect] tag. Or do I need to re-write my >>>files to cary that variable from page to page? >> >>WebSite does not have this restriction, but IIS does. If you are using >IIS, you will need to rewrite your templates to propagate the passwords. >The reason is that we do not want to break IIS' security scheme which is >based on local filesystem users/passwords and not arbitrary record-level >passwords like WebCatalog's. > >Be warned that propagate means that the passwords are passed through >urls/forms and are then stored in the caches, registries, and histories of >your user's browsers. Anyone with access to that machine can go after this >user provides the right authentication, view the cache or other parts where >info is stored, and login to the system. > >Aloha, Olin >---------------------------------------------------------------- >WORLDPOINT >Olin Kealoha Lagon >Director, Special Projects >Manoa Innovation Center >2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 170 >Honolulu, HI 96822 >Telephone (808)539-3939 >Fax (808)539-3943 >Direct (808)539-3932 >
Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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You can also store the username and password into the cart file and with a simple modification of the mutligroup checker look there for them -- if you are worried about passing them around...We don't do that as the norm so that people can use the protect without having a shopping cart, however in a shopping situation - this is much nicer... >At 06:54 PM 3/5/98 -0800, Grant Hulbert wrote: >>>Just curious why the protect tag with Mac and Webcatalog will display a >>>browser password box, allow you to enter, then cache that password while >>>your browser is open not requiring you to enter it again, and NT w/ Netscape >>>server is in an HTML for and requires me to enter my username and password >>>each time I enter a page with a [protect] tag. Or do I need to re-write my >>>files to cary that variable from page to page? >> >>WebSite does not have this restriction, but IIS does. If you are using >IIS, you will need to rewrite your templates to propagate the passwords. >The reason is that we do not want to break IIS' security scheme which is >based on local filesystem users/passwords and not arbitrary record-level >passwords like WebCatalog's. > >Be warned that propagate means that the passwords are passed through >urls/forms and are then stored in the caches, registries, and histories of >your user's browsers. Anyone with access to that machine can go after this >user provides the right authentication, view the cache or other parts where >info is stored, and login to the system. > >Aloha, Olin >---------------------------------------------------------------- >WORLDPOINT >Olin Kealoha Lagon >Director, Special Projects >Manoa Innovation Center >2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 170 >Honolulu, HI 96822 >Telephone (808)539-3939 >Fax (808)539-3943 >Direct (808)539-3932 > Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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