[wp-hackers] HTTP Auth/URL Rewriting

[Evan Broder]

Andy Skelton wrote:
> 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
>   
Or some way to completely disable the mod_rewriting in that scenario. 
But, alas, I haven't found the magic set of options that will do that.