Authentication

[Micah Yoder <LYoder@cyberis.net>]

I'm a bit perplexed who you folks haven't seriously considered HTTP
authentication.  It has its advantages:  It allows persistent logins
without cookies OR relying on dynamic pages propagating messy URLs!  PHP
supports it well, and I suppose Perl does also.  It's supported by
Lynx.  Frankly, I can't think of any disadvantages.  Can someone
enlighten me?  If not, why not just use it?  My online broker uses it -
so it must be a good solution.

Also, I still haven't figured out how to check passwords with MySQL.  I
haven't looked much since the last time I asked.  But if someone has
some code, that would be great.