13.6.2 embedded web browser session and basic authentication

Published 8 years ago

Hello,

the embedded web browser session doesn't decode the URL when you configure the session to basic authentication and check the option "Decode URL" (the user & pass will be shown in cleartext)

Regards,
Min

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Hubert Mireault

Published 8 years ago

Hello Min,

Could you post a screencap of the option you mean in the web browser entry?

Regards,

Hubert Mireault

Min Destens

Published 8 years ago

Hi Hubert,

sure - (the correct option is URL Encode Credentials - sorry i was before in ther German UI ;) )

Hubert Mireault

Published 8 years ago

Min,

I see why this might have confused you. The feature isn't to send the credentials in clear text or not, it's to URL encode them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding

Basically, it's for when usernames/passwords have certain special characters in them, RDM will encode them to a format supported by URLs. For example, the & character is converted to %26.

Unfortunately, with Basic Authentication, it's not possible to put encrypted credentials in the URL.

Regards,

Hubert Mireault

Min Destens

Published 8 years ago

ahhh sorry my fault! Now it unterstand the feature - thanks for the explaintation! Double confused, because normally I configure the web browser session to open externally with Chrome, and here the credentials are not shown in the adress bar - but now I think this is a Chrome feature. ;)

Thanks again & sorry for the confusion ;)

Regards,
Min