From 2a4d80872642356fb2ddb276dd4928312d83e1c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tore Darell Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:05:37 +0100 Subject: Link to Wikipedia page on HTTP Basic Auth --- railties/doc/guides/source/actioncontroller_basics/http_auth.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'railties/doc') diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/actioncontroller_basics/http_auth.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/actioncontroller_basics/http_auth.txt index 7df0e635bf..1593b1045f 100644 --- a/railties/doc/guides/source/actioncontroller_basics/http_auth.txt +++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/actioncontroller_basics/http_auth.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ == HTTP Basic Authentication == -Rails comes with built-in HTTP Basic authentication. This is an authentication scheme that is supported by the majority of browsers and other HTTP clients. As an example, we will create an administration section which will only be available by entering a username and a password into the browser's HTTP Basic dialog window. Using the built-in authentication is quite easy and only requires you to use one method, link:http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/HttpAuthentication/Basic/ControllerMethods.html#M000610[authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic]. +Rails comes with built-in link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication[HTTP Basic authentication]. This is an authentication scheme that is supported by the majority of browsers and other HTTP clients. As an example, we will create an administration section which will only be available by entering a username and a password into the browser's HTTP Basic dialog window. Using the built-in authentication is quite easy and only requires you to use one method, link:http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/HttpAuthentication/Basic/ControllerMethods.html#M000610[authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic]. [source, ruby] ------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3