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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: sthooker on Apr 12, '05 03:19:55PM

This is a cool idea, but 1) iCal still balks, and 2) I haven't tested this with all available browsers, but at least Safari will send the auth info in the clear first (if it has it in, say, the Keychain) before the HTTPS connection is made. This is consistent with the HTTP Auth behavior I've witnessed with other browsers in other circumstances, so while this is easier than having your clients edit their config files, it doesn't buy you complete security for the calendaring system. It'd be better if iCal supported HTTPS anyway. I mean: why not?



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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: sthooker on Apr 12, '05 04:08:48PM
My bad: iCal doesn't support HTTPS to servers sporting self-signed SSL certificates. Important distinction. Still, a little annoying if you're just trying to publish your own on a sandbox webserver.

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