On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:23:05 +0530 "Pradeep" <pradeep_khopade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have implemented a filter on Apache web server to force the basic > authentication for all the resources in the doc root folder. Why would you use a filter for that? > As per the RFC, we need to return 401 response to any request for a > file in doc root folder. > > Currently we are returning WWW-Authenticate as a mandatory field and > some other optional fields. You're clearly reinventing the wheel. Apache does all of this as standard. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx