Cascading external WMS using basic authentication over https

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> Is it possible to make MapServer to cascade another WMS 
> service that must be accessed through https and that wants to 
> get username/password for authentication? How?
> 

One idea is to pass along the authentication in the form of
http://user:pass@example.org/cgi-bin/wms..., but that may not be the
most secure approach.

..Tom