On Fri, 01 May 2009 17:25:21 +0200 André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tomas R wrote: > > Is it possible to correctly display unicode characters in http > > authentication dialog? > > I presume you refer to the "Basic authentication" kind of browser > dialog. Then the answer would be : probably not. > That's one of these things that awaits a HTTP 2.0 protocol > redefinition, to properly be centered around Unicode instead of ASCII. > > Longer answer : > This dialog is mostly built-in into the browser. The browser > displays it, when it gets a 401 response back from the http server > (Authorization required, type Basic). > The only element in that dialog that comes from the server, is the > "realm", which the browser usually displays in the title bar of that > dialog. That "realm" comes to the browser as a HTTP header of the > response, and currently HTTP headers, for all intents and purposes, > are limited to ASCII. > I see. Thanks for the explanation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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