Comments on: Authenticated RSS feeds http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/ Strategies for Internet citizens Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anil http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-132530 Anil Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:47:20 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-132530 Are there any AJAX type utilities which pull an secured rss feeds taking in a username/pwd. like Google AJAX APi. it does not seems to support authentication though. Are there any AJAX type utilities which pull an secured rss feeds taking in a username/pwd.
like Google AJAX APi. it does not seems to support authentication though.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-130416 Chris Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:57:02 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-130416 Actually this isn't entirely true. Currently there are problems with Outlook 2007 as it creates duplicates when using secure feeds. I have a completely updated copy of Outlook 2007 running and my regular RSS feeds are fine, but my secure ones breed like rabbits, repeatedly downloading the same posts. Microsoft is currently working on the issue. There is a free plug-in for Outlook out there that does work properly and will not produce duplicates. http://rsspopper.blogspot.com/2004/10/home.html Actually this isn’t entirely true. Currently there are problems with Outlook 2007 as it creates duplicates when using secure feeds. I have a completely updated copy of Outlook 2007 running and my regular RSS feeds are fine, but my secure ones breed like rabbits, repeatedly downloading the same posts. Microsoft is currently working on the issue. There is a free plug-in for Outlook out there that does work properly and will not produce duplicates.
http://rsspopper.blogspot.com/2004/10/home.html

]]> By: gabe http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-126398 gabe Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:34:53 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-126398 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196991%28VS.85%29.aspx ie8 will support rss feed authtication http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196991%28VS.85%29.aspx

ie8 will support rss feed authtication

]]> By: Peter Bruinsma http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-126149 Peter Bruinsma Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:07:55 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-126149 intraVnews supports authenticated feeds (basic/digest/windows) in Outlook XP, 2003 and 2007. It also works fine (from) behind the firewall. intraVnews supports authenticated feeds (basic/digest/windows) in Outlook XP, 2003 and 2007. It also works fine (from) behind the firewall.

]]> By: janos112 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125833 janos112 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:01:02 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125833 ie7 and firefox 3.0.3 seem to support authenticated feeds. ie7 and firefox 3.0.3 seem to support authenticated feeds.

]]> By: Jens http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125662 Jens Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125662 Nice Page!!! And Thanks for the tipps! Nice Page!!! And Thanks for the tipps!

]]> By: Tom http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125497 Tom Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:35:59 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125497 you can use Mozilla Thunderbird as a reader for secure rss feeds and it is free.. you can use Mozilla Thunderbird as a reader for secure rss feeds and it is free..

]]> By: André http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125100 André Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:24:13 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125100 Thanks for this useful tipps! Thanks for this useful tipps!

]]> By: ChinnoDog's blog » Authenticated News Feeds http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125008 ChinnoDog's blog » Authenticated News Feeds Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:47:05 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-125008 [...] and then change your LJ password and see how many of them you can get to work again.)  I found this blog post that echoes the problems of authenticated [...] [...] and then change your LJ password and see how many of them you can get to work again.)  I found this blog post that echoes the problems of authenticated [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-124433 Andrew Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:08:50 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-124433 I've been bitten by the flaky Outlook implementation of this several times when I've wanted to do the occasional testing on our secure RSS feeds. This MS KB article says you can't do it at all: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917125 That's BS. But what I've found is you can't do it by selecting "New" on the RSS Feeds tab of the Account Settings dialog - you'll get the error in the above KB article. The way to do it is to right-click on the RSS Feeds mail folder, and then select to Add a New Feed. Perhaps by documenting it here I won't be bitten again! I’ve been bitten by the flaky Outlook implementation of this several times when I’ve wanted to do the occasional testing on our secure RSS feeds. This MS KB article says you can’t do it at all: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917125

That’s BS. But what I’ve found is you can’t do it by selecting “New” on the RSS Feeds tab of the Account Settings dialog – you’ll get the error in the above KB article. The way to do it is to right-click on the RSS Feeds mail folder, and then select to Add a New Feed.

Perhaps by documenting it here I won’t be bitten again!

]]> By: Matt http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-123117 Matt Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:07:56 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-123117 I just released a service today that gives users the ability to subscribe to authenticated feeds in any feed reader including Google Reader, Bloglines, etc... http://freemyfeed.com/ Enjoy! I just released a service today that gives users the ability to subscribe to authenticated feeds in any feed reader including Google Reader, Bloglines, etc…

http://freemyfeed.com/

Enjoy!

]]> By: Stephane http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-98218 Stephane Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:28:28 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-98218 As said by John, passing the credentials in the URL is definately not a good solution. Instead of forcing people to do this, the RSS feed provider could rather give a key within the URL and that key authentifies the user. Something like: https://server.com/rss/feed?key= Technically the key can contain a public part that identifies the user and an SHA or MD5 signature made with a server private key. In that case, there is no authentication but the server can still verify that the RSS feed is granted. The weekness is when you publish the feed URL or when the URL is stolen. Everybody having the key can access the RSS feed. This is why you have to use SSL and not share that feed URL with anybody. Remember that passing your credentials in the URL has the same problem! But in the case of the SHA/MD5 key, nobody will ever know your password. As said by John, passing the credentials in the URL is definately not a good solution. Instead of forcing people to do this, the RSS feed provider could rather give a key within the URL and that key authentifies the user. Something like:

https://server.com/rss/feed?key=

Technically the key can contain a public part that identifies the user and an SHA or MD5 signature made with
a server private key. In that case, there is no authentication but the server can still verify that the RSS feed is granted.

The weekness is when you publish the feed URL or when the URL is stolen. Everybody having the key can access the RSS feed. This is why you have to use SSL and not share that feed URL with anybody. Remember that passing your credentials in the URL has the same problem! But in the case of the SHA/MD5 key, nobody will ever know your password.

]]> By: webdesign http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-71611 webdesign Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:46:23 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-71611 Very interesting Blog! Very interesting Blog!

]]> By: Tim http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-68862 Tim Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:08:03 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-68862 Just noticed an error... it is not “http://username@password:mysite.com/feed/url” rather “http://username:password@mysite.com/feed/url” (switch @ and : ) cheers Just noticed an error…
it is not
“http://username@password:mysite.com/feed/url”

rather

“http://username:password@mysite.com/feed/url”

(switch @ and : )
cheers

]]> By: Peter http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-49014 Peter Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:25:04 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/27/authenticated-rss-feeds/#comment-49014 i need auth feeds to subscribe to several forums. i also want to produce an auth-only forum - several, in fact. this sucks. google reader is unreliable with auth feeds. gmail doesn't seem to want to produce proper feeds - same with google groups. problems everywhere. it's not that difficult. i need auth feeds to subscribe to several forums. i also want to produce an auth-only forum – several, in fact. this sucks.

google reader is unreliable with auth feeds. gmail doesn’t seem to want to produce proper feeds – same with google groups.

problems everywhere. it’s not that difficult.

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