Re: WebSocketServlet BASIC auth

2012-09-18 Thread Mark Thomas
On 18/09/2012 23:04, Gismor3 wrote: > What do I need to do in order to restrict the access to the application? > Thanks in advance The WebSocket protocol does not include any concept of an authentication challenge. I tested this recently and the browsers drop the connection if they get a 401 resp

WebSocketServlet BASIC auth

2012-09-18 Thread Gismor3
Hello everybody, I'm testing a web application to use WebSocket with Tomcat 7.0.30. I would like my WebSocket connection to be protected and accessible only from authenticated user. In particular I would like to use the BASIC authentication. >From what I understand I thought that by adding the s