[Tilecache] Tilecache Authentication

[Eric Lemoine]

On Jan 17, 2008 11:15 AM, Attila Csipa <plists at prometheus.org.yu> wrote:
> On Thursday 17 January 2008 10:48:03 you wrote:
> > > Not to mention that if you are using several URL-s for simultaneously
> > > fetching tiles, it will likely make you authenticate for EACH of them - a
> >
> > Humm, if the tiles are coming from the same server - which is lik> ely -
> > I don't think the browser will prompt you for each tile. Once the
>
> That's exactly what I was referring to by saying multiple URL-s - the
> first.server.com, second.server.com approach (what would be the point of
> using multiple url-s from a _single_ domain ?). It's _designed_ to fool the
> browser into treating these as separate servers - it's just that the
> HTTP_AUTH approach backfires on this, badly (personally, I'd rather forego
> HTTP_AUTH than multi-server loading).

Oh ok, I misread you.

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Eric