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Originally Posted by snesbitt
I have actually gone down the path of a reverse proxy using NGINX and basic authorization. The problem I'm running into here is that after successful log in, all further access to the calibre server generates an access error log message. Access is still allowed, but my error log is full of crap.
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Basic auth sends plain text passwords across the net. Unless you are using SSL you are giving away your credentials to anyone with a sniffer between you and your server. Digest auth avoids this problem.