# basic access authentication

> method for an HTTP user agent to provide a user name and password when making a request

**Wikidata**: [Q766839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766839)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/basic-access-authentication


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013