Support for password-protected interface

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VLC Remote can't connect to a VLC instance that requires a password to access 
the http interface.

1. Create a .access file in the VLC requests directory
   (the .access file has a single line with the format username:password)
2. Start VLC with http interface

I would expect VLC Rremote to prompt for a username and password,
instead it just fails to connect to the server, gives "connection refused" 
errors.

I'm using version 26 of VLC Remote (on an HTC Desire, Android 2.1-update1) and 
VLC 1.0.6 (on Ubuntu 10.04).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by heindsight on 3 Jul 2010 at 3:20

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Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 5:13

• Changed title: Support for password-protected interface
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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This issue having no owner,
i'm working on it.

Original comment by Benoit.J...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 8:54

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I've found a work-around that's even more secure than password protecting VLC.

Configure VLC to only accept connections from localhost, set up an ssh server 
on the PC (for added security have it only accept pub-key authentication), and 
use ConnectBot to set up an ssh tunnel for VLC Remote.

Original comment by heindsight on 15 Jun 2011 at 9:37

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setup ssh server is more complicate, remote should be with password...
I found that with vlc remote you can access to any file on the PC, it's big 
hole...

Original comment by Aviron...@gmail.com on 3 Jul 2011 at 10:45

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This is now essential because VLC has just been updated to *require* a password 
for the http interface. So for now the app is broken...

Original comment by c.harris...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2013 at 6:53