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AW: Global basic auth for multiple servers

Anonymous User
April 12, 2020 11:24AM
Hi Maxim,

thank you for the information!

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Von: nginx <nginx-bounces@nginx.org> Im Auftrag von Maxim Dounin
Gesendet: Sonntag, 12. April 2020 16:56
An: nginx@nginx.org
Betreff: Re: Global basic auth for multiple servers

Hello!

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:21:19PM +0000, Stefan Christ wrote:

> today I tried to install and setup nginx and it worked great so far. I
> was able to add some servers (server sections) for each of my
> subdomains and forward them to the specific web interface in my
> network (reverse proxy).
>
> I wanted to add some extra security so I used basic auth in the http
> section and turned it off for one single subdomain. Now I get asked to
> auth for each subdomain. Is it possible to configure nginx so that I
> only have to auth on one subdomain and have access to all others
> subdomains without being forced to auth again?

No. Unfortunately, Basic HTTP authentication only provides implicit
authentication scope, and automatic reuse of credentials is not possible
across different [sub]domains. Further details can be found in RFC 7617,
"2.2. Reusing Credentials", here:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617#section-2.2

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Subject Author Posted

Global basic auth for multiple servers

Stefan Christ April 11, 2020 07:22PM

Re: Global basic auth for multiple servers

Maxim Dounin April 12, 2020 10:56AM

AW: Global basic auth for multiple servers

Anonymous User April 12, 2020 11:24AM



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