On 3 May 2006 at 12:47, Amit Klein (AKsecurity) wrote:
>
> 5. Last but not least, there's a simple technique which I don't remember was publicly
> discussed (though I may be wrong here - please let me know if this is well known):
>
[...]
>
> You'll see the incoming cookies in HTTP_COOKIE. I'm not sure about HTTP Basic Auth though
> (I expected to see it in HTTP_AUTHORIZATION, but it seems that the servers handle this
> header and do not provide it in the ENV variables).
>
I just tested IIS/6.0. It provides the HTTP Authorization header in several environment
variables:
- HTTP_AUTHORIZATION (as mentioned in the original posting, above)
- Part of ALL_HTTP
- Part of ALL_RAW
When the page is successfully authenticated, the credentials can also be found in:
- AUTH_USER (and LOGON_USER, REMOTE_USER) and AUTH_PASSWORD
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