Whenever we run a private server somewhere on the Internet, we need access control. Basic or digest auth was the way to go in the old days, but most of us use some form of cookie based authentication nowadays. That’s fairly easy with server side scripts, but what about static pages or reverse proxies? How can we make the apache server to provide cookie auth?
I get it. Who wants to to get audio or video screaming from a website unexpectedly? No wonder the web-browser developers thought to stop this ….
I’ve got to tell you: If I would be working at Mozilla, I would have been sad, disappointed, maybe even somewhat angry that Mozilla’s leadership ….
We all agree – HTTPS – the encrypted communication between WWW-browsers and servers – usually makes sense. However – under the cover of secure communications, ….