Re: Basic Authentication for media server

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From: Matt (nospam_at_msnews.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/17/04


Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:42:09 +1000

Does IUSR_Servername and Network Service have Read Access to the Video
Files?

Are you running Windows Media Services 9?

"uttara" <planetu99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23fVrcQIgEHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello All,
> I am trying to implement basic authentication for a streaming server.
> This is what I need to do. Whenever I go to the URL for viewing a video,
> the server asks me for a username and password. What I need to implement
> is make this process transparent to the end user, so that the user does
> not need to enter the username and password but is authenticated
> transparently, which means he does not see the dialog box. We need to
> pass the username and password automatically, the user should not know
> what username and password was passed.
> I saw some discussion over digest authentication, can someone suggest
> anything with basic authentication. I am working with VB .Net. It is a
> Windows 2000 media server.
> Thanks,
> Uttara



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