https would not be difficult for eclipse (using a client certificate would, not basic authentication) Configuring JBoss (or the web frontend) is. but if people want to do this.... it's up to them. I do not see a problem here.. Besides that, the form based authentication is also http atm.... anonymous wrote : I was just waiting (already for a year or more) for this issue to come up :-)) WHAT and you did not do anything about it? Not even file a Jira issue... shame on you anonymous wrote : In any case, we need to ask ourselves if someone would really use the designer to deploy in a production setting. Agreed.... we wouldn't View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4049795#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...