Is there a way inside Perl to have WN call the Authorization-Directive, to open the dialog box that asks for name and password, and not keep it cache'd on a browser. Perhaps this would be clearer if I was explaining what I'd like to do. I have a CGI which needs to run on open terminal by users who could care less about security. They may walk away from the terminal at any time. Therefore I've created a CGI and when the submit button is hit, I want to use WN to submit the dialog box prompting for name and password, and get that back somehow to the CGI from the form as it is submitted.
Any moron can just back two pages up, change the query, then continue.
Other Web authentication, like Cookies that places like ESPN use are persistant, and thusly not of use for public terminals.