HTTPS and BASIC authentication
When I use [HTTP BASIC authentication][1] along with [HTTPS][2], are the username and password securely passed to the server?


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure
HTTPS and BASIC authentication
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When I use [HTTP BASIC authentication][1] along with [HTTPS][2], are the username and password securely passed to the server?


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure