XMLRPC Authentication

[Dave Brueck]

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Justin Johnson wrote:

> I have a simple xmlrpc server (using xmlrpclib) that accepts requests
> from clients and runs some administrative commands on a bunch of servers
> I support.  I would like to lock down access to the service so that only
> authorized users can use it, by authenticating with a user name and
> password.
>
> Has anyone done this before?  Is there an already existent authentication
> framework available I can use with xmlrpc?

I use the improvements to xmlrpclib listed here:

http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/XML-RPC

-Dave