Flex 3 - how to support HTTP Authentication URLRequest?

Question

I have a Flex file upload script that uses URLRequest to upload files to a server. I want to add support for http authentication (password protected directories on the serve

Answer 1

"http://username:password@yoursite.com/yourservice.ext"

This doesn't work in IE (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/30/ms_drop_authentication_technique/) and doesn't seem to work in Chrome either.

probably not usable in Flash