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# File webrick/httpauth.rb, line 21
def _basic_auth(req, res, realm, req_field, res_field, err_type, block)
  user = pass = nil
  if /^Basic\s+(.*)/o =~ req[req_field]
    userpass = $1
    user, pass = userpass.unpack("m*")[0].split(":", 2)
  end
  if block.call(user, pass)
    req.user = user
    return
  end
  res[res_field] = "Basic realm=\"#{realm}\""
  raise err_type
end