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HTTP: Authentication/Authorization

The username:password is sent MIME BASE 64 encoded (not encrypted).
fas% telnet 140.247.30.64 80
Trying 140.247.30.64...
Connected to 140.247.30.64.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD /~cscie12/assignments/ HTTP/1.1
Host: www.courses.fas.harvard.edu
Authorization: BASIC Z3Vlc3Q6a25vY2trbm9jaw== 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:46:42 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) mod_perl/1.21 secured_by_Raven/1.4.1
Author: David P. Heitmeyer
Content-Type: text/html


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