[ale] Need to "authenticate" from C++

[Jim Lynch]

I know how to use libwww to do normal posts and gets and pass parameters 
to web pages, but I now need
to be able to use C++ to log into a web page that uses the .htaccess 
method of authentication.  Has anyone any
idea how I'd need to pass the username and password to get authenticated 
or even where to start looking for the
answer?

Thanks,
Jim.