ASP.NET HTTP Authorization Header

Question

I would like to know why my asp.net application will not add the header to my post when it is named \'Authorization\' but will work fine when I change one character, say \"A

Answer 1

I was ran into a question how to add Authentication/Credentials to the headers. I found the solution in the following way.

string _auth = string.Format("{0}:{1}", "myUser","myPwd");
string _enc = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_auth));
string _cred = string.Format("{0} {1}", "Basic", _enc);
req.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = _cred;

Which gave me those headers I want (pasted Wireshark descriptions),

Authorization: Basic bXlVc2VyOm15UHdk\r\n
Credentials: myUser:myPwd