basic auth request

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 4:16 AM Barry Scott <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
> Oh and if you have the freedom avoid Basic Auth as its not secure at all.
>

That's usually irrelevant, since the alternative is most likely to be
form fill-out, which is exactly as secure. If you're serving over
HTTPS, the page is encrypted, and that includes the headers; if you're
not, then it's not encrypted, and that includes the form body.

There are other issues with basic auth, but security really isn't one.

ChrisA