# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-07-23 21:18:05
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=461.msg5390#msg5390

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Yes, that's right, rpcpassword is only required if you use -server or -daemon or bitcoind (I just tested to be sure). @p{par}

RE: what if the programmer can't figure out how to make their legacy COBOL code do HTTP authentication? @p{brk}
Then I think another config file setting to explicitly turn off RPC authentication would be better than a magical "if you set a blank rpcpassword then that turns off authentication."   But I wouldn't implement that until somebody really does have a problem or until we have more than one way of doing the authentication (maybe https someday...). @p{par}

lachesis: is supporting HTTP Basic Authentication a problem for you? @p{brk}