[wp-hackers] HTTP Auth/URL Rewriting

[Andy Skelton]

On 2/13/06, Evan Broder <wp at ebroder.net> wrote:
> I have discovered that if I send the appropriate authentication headers
> with the request (i.e. a username/pass), WP doesn't intercept that.

Just thinking atext here... how about a mod_rewrite rule (above the WP
rules) sending your no-auth requests to a php script that returns the
proper status code and auth challenge?

Andy