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diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index 432a5c0792..a447a3eff8 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp> // boost::trim
#include <boost/foreach.hpp> //BOOST_FOREACH
+/** WWW-Authenticate to present with 401 Unauthorized response */
+static const char* WWW_AUTH_HEADER_DATA = "Basic realm=\"jsonrpc\"";
+
/** Simple one-shot callback timer to be used by the RPC mechanism to e.g.
* re-lock the wellet.
*/
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string &)
// Check authorization
std::pair<bool, std::string> authHeader = req->GetHeader("authorization");
if (!authHeader.first) {
+ req->WriteHeader("WWW-Authenticate", WWW_AUTH_HEADER_DATA);
req->WriteReply(HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED);
return false;
}
@@ -163,6 +167,7 @@ static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string &)
shouldn't have their RPC port exposed. */
MilliSleep(250);
+ req->WriteHeader("WWW-Authenticate", WWW_AUTH_HEADER_DATA);
req->WriteReply(HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED);
return false;
}