9: Services SettingsIntelliBox-I/O 2100 User Guide 88HTTP Authentication PageHTTP Authentication enables you to require usernames and passwords to accessspecific web pages or directories on the IntelliBox’s built-in web server.For example, to add web pages to the IntelliBox to control or monitor of a device attachedto a port on the IntelliBox, you can specify the user and password that can access thatweb page.If you click Authentication at the top of one of the HTTP pages, the HTTP Authenticationpage displays. Here you can change HTTP authentication settings.Under Current Configuration, URI and Users have a Delete link. If you click Delete, amessage asks whether you are sure you want to delete this information. Click OK toproceed or Cancel to cancel the operation.Example:The following example shows how to add authentication to user-loaded web pages in adirectory called port1control.1. Create a directory called port1control in the IntelliBox’s file system (using an FTPclient, Windows Explorer, or the IntelliBox Web Manager).2. Copy the custom web pages to this directory.3. On the HTTP Authentication page of the IntelliBox Web Manager, add: A URI of Location where to store the user A Realm of Monitor An AuthType of Digest A Username and Password4. Click the Submit button. The IntelliBox creates a username and password to allowthe user to access all web pages located in the directory port1control in theIntelliBox file system.Note: The URI, realm, username, and password are user-specified, free-formfields. The URI must match the directory created on the IntelliBox file system.The URI and realm used in the example above are only examples and wouldtypically be different as specified by the user.
