How to implement basic HTTP authentication with the VS debug server?

Question

I\'m making a test rig for an ActiveX HTTP control, and I need to create a web site to securely POST to. To keep things simple, I\'m running the web app with the VS debug se

Answer 1

michielvoo's answer is great, but for sheer simplicity, I went with this in the code for the page:

string authorization = Request.Headers["Authorization"];
string userInfo;
string username = "";
string password = "";
if (authorization != null)
{
     byte[] tempConverted = Convert.FromBase64String(authorization.Replace("Basic ", "").Trim());
     userInfo = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(tempConverted);
     string[] usernamePassword = userInfo.Split(new string[] { ":" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
     username = usernamePassword[0];
     password = usernamePassword[1];
}

if (username == "yourusername" && password == "yourpassword")
{
}
else
{
     Response.AddHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"Test\"");
     Response.StatusCode = 401;
     Response.End();
}