Cascading external WMS using basic authentication over https
Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
Tom.Kralidis at EC.GC.CA
Fri Jan 18 09:22:38 PST 2008
> 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
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