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Hi Sebastian! I've done Basic Authentication once for some private databases I was exposing. That worked just fine. Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: SRU (Search and Retrieve Via URL) Implementors > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sebastian Hammer > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Authentication in SRU -- current practices? > > Guys, > > We are setting up a SRU target that is intended to allow for > username/password authentication. When we have done this between > instances of our own software, we have used HTTP Basic Authentication > (see http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/authentication.html). > However, it is not clear to me what current practices are in this area, > and I'd like to set up a server that supports as many existing client > applications as possible. > > Does anyone have a sense of what's most commonly supported by commercial > or OSS SRU clients today? > > Thanks, > > --Sebastian