HTML: how to make a file download require a username and password

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Published on 2010-05-26T08:03:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 8:11 UTC
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In a basic HTML web page, how do you make the user have to enter a username and password before they are allowed to download a file.

What is the best way of achieving this on a website, preferably in plain HTML.

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