how do I do this in asp.net?

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How do I send username/pw in asp.net for a website that requires basic authentication

From a standards document specifying the Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community “HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication”


To receive authorization, the client sends the userid and password,
separated by a single colon (":") character, within a base64 [7]
encoded string in the credentials.

basic-credentials = base64-user-pass
base64-user-pass = <base64 [4] encoding of user-pass,
except not limited to 76 char/line>
user-pass = userid ":" password
userid = *<TEXT excluding ":">
password = *TEXT

Userids might be case sensitive.

If the user agent wishes to send the userid "Aladdin" and password
"open sesame", it would use the following header field:

QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

In our model, it would be passed as the following:
https://www.website.com/login.aspx/Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

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I am so lost.. I normally would just post the data.. but this seems different,

any ideas?

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Ok this is simply RFC 2617.. where a user will go to a website and they will get a windows popup asking for a username/pw. This setting can be setup in IIS.. but I need to know how to get asp.net to send a user to that website , and automatically enter in the username/pw and try to log the user in.
 
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I understand there are little refinements each user will have to do inorder to get this project going, but do you'll have such a tutorial?

I modify web.config and compile the digestauthmodule.. I also turn off all authentication for IIS

Also:
change
Dim query As String = "http://localhost/digestauthtestsvc/default.aspx"
to
Dim query As String = "http://localhost/DigestAuthModWeb2/default.aspx"
in samplecredentials.aspx.vb


and when I run the samplecredentials.aspx, I receive this error
Code: 
Server Error in '/DigestAuthModWeb2' Application.
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The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.

Source Error: 

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  

Stack Trace: 


[WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.]
   System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus()
   System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   DigestAuthModWeb2.SampleCredentials.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +92
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750

 


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032

Have you'll seen anything like this before?



Many thanks!
Lee
 
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