These are the two secure http quickload sites we currently use for testing that do not require a redirect:

http://igbquickload.org/secureQuickloadTestSites/secureSiteTest

http://igbquickload.org/secureQuickloadTestSites/secureSiteTest2

I have created a new location with password protection and redirection set up.

To see this in action:

• Visit URL http://bioviztest3.bioviz.org/quickload/password-protected-example
• Observe that a dialog appears requested you to enter a user name and password
• Enter user "guest" and password "guest"
• If the password is entered correctly, the Web browser will show URL https://bioviztest3.bioviz.org/quickload/password-protected-example

I can't tell when the redirection happens - before or after user name and password challenge occurs.

I have created a new redirection testing resource on bioviztest3.bioviz.org in which the password challenge is meant to occur after the redirection response is received by the client.

The Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) contains the following line:

Redirect /bogus/redirect-example /quickload/redirect-example

If a user attempts to retrieve https://bioviztest3.bioviz.org/bogus/redirect-example, then the Apache web server will redirect the client to resource https://bioviztest3.bioviz.org/quickload/redirect-example. This new location contains Apache configuration files that will trigger it to request a user name and a password from the client. The only user name and password combination that it will accept are: "guest2" and "guest2".

The other user name and password combination won't work.

Added new password-protected quickloads to aloraine fork https://bitbucket.org/aloraine/bioviz branch IGBF-3204.
Will submit PR to bioviz and merge.