Rest-ful Basic Authentication with ASP.NET MVC

Question

Anyone know how this works, I\'m using the .net membership provider and just want to pull an xml list. I\'m also using the .net mvc sdk.

Answer 1

You can use HTTP Digest Access Authentication (some implementation details here and here) which is a lot stronger than basic but it is still a security trade-off. If you need more security putting the service behind SSL (if it is an option) would be enough.