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We're looking to implement some private RSS feeds that would need user
authetification. It looks like NewzCrawler and NewsGator support
username/password authentification (username/password are in the
settings for each feed).

However, I don't see anything like this is NetNewsWire. Can anyone
enlighten me on the support for authentification in RSS readers?
Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:39 pm

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We're looking to implement some private RSS feeds that would need user authetification. It looks like NewzCrawler and NewsGator support username/password... 		stevengarrity
Offline Send Email 		Jun 26, 2003
10:52 pm

NetNewsWire supports authentication, but in a not-great way. (You encode the username and password in the URL.) (This will change in the future.) ...
Brent Simmons
brentsimmonsx
Offline Send Email 		Jun 26, 2003
11:55 pm

I'm ignorant here, and would appreciate some pointers - what is there so far in the way of (deployed) authentication specs/standards for RSS? Cheers, Danny....
Danny Ayers
Danny_Ayers
Offline Send Email 		Jun 27, 2003
9:25 am

Danny - Here's what I've found: HTTPS HTTP Authentification NetNewsWire (mac) Yes Yes (through URL) NewzCrawler No Yes NewsGator Yes Yes AmphetaDesk...
stevengarrity
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
2:29 pm

Excellent! Thanks a million, Steven....
Danny Ayers
Danny_Ayers
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
3:04 pm

Correction: SharpReader actually does support HTTPS/SSL (but not HTTP auth)....
stevengarrity
Offline Send Email 		Jul 11, 2003
2:13 am

... Is everyone using a native library for SSL? The only reason I haven't included HTTPS support within NewsMonster is that I have to include jsse.jar which...
Kevin A. Burton
KevinAllenBu...
Offline Send Email 		Jul 18, 2003
7:17 am

... Let me just add NewsMonster HTTPS - No (due to potential legal issues with SSL but may soon) HTTP Authentication - Yes (through URL) Kevin -- Help Support...
Kevin A. Burton
KevinAllenBu...
Offline Send Email 		Jul 18, 2003
7:18 am

... Danny, I've done some quick testing and here's what I've found: HTTPS HTTP Auth NetNewsWire (mac) Yes Yes (through URL) NewzCrawler No Yes NewsGator...
stevengarrity
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
2:29 pm

PS. I put the list on my blog [1], and seconds later James Robertson let me know that BottomFeeder [2] supports both https and http authorization (thanks...
Danny Ayers
Danny_Ayers
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
3:38 pm

... If anyone wants to combine this list with my list of readers that support conditional GETs [1] then we could be on the way to building a list of reader...
Ian Davis
ianalchemy
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
7:34 pm

... Sounds like the basis of a new wiki - "What is the expected behavior of an aggregator?" As a publisher I'm all for it, but I wouldn't want it turn into an...
Derek Scruggs --> Esc...
derekscruggs
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
7:56 pm

... It needn't be politicised - just needs to be objective and factual rather than judgemental or opinionated. What else should be there? How about...
Ian Davis
ianalchemy
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
8:07 pm

... Be glad to. This is information that I personally find useful, so it's the least I could do. I'll put it onto one of my own domains for now. If there's ...
Danny Ayers
Danny_Ayers
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2003
9:10 pm

I'd be curious to know what kind of authentication should be supported, since I am the primary author of an aggregator - BottomFeeder. Do you use Http...
James Robertson
jarober61
Offline Send Email 		Jun 27, 2003
1:29 am

I've posted the results of my testing of SSL and HTTP auth support of aggregators on our development weblog. I've also posted four versions of a feed for the...
stevengarrity
Offline Send Email 		Jul 9, 2003
6:12 pm

I've just converted Shrook (http://www.fondantfancies.com/shrook/) to use Apple's new URL Loading System, which has made it really easy to add real...
Graham Parks
dtcduk
Offline Send Email 		Jul 23, 2003
11:24 pm

Actually, clear-text passwords are only sent with HTTP _Basic_ authentication. Other mechanisms, such as HTTP Digest, don't use clear-text, and are also...
Greg Reinacker
gr2020
Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2003
3:39 pm
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