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1a3c059500c49d30d10dbea65b20165e8f0d715d · 2026-07-23 10:35:18 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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@@ -148,7 +158,31 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     res.writeHead(302, { 'Set-Cookie': 'sdccjv_sess=; Path=/; Max-Age=0', Location: '/login' });
     return res.end();
   }
-  if (url === '/login') { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }); return res.end(LOGIN_HTML('')); }
+  if (url === '/login' && req.method === 'GET') { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }); return res.end(LOGIN_HTML('')); }
+
+  if (url === '/login' && req.method === 'POST') {
+    let body = '';
+    req.on('data', c => { body += c; if (body.length > 4096) req.destroy(); });
+    req.on('end', () => {
+      const p = new URLSearchParams(body);
+      const expect = (process.env.BASIC_AUTH || 'admin:DW2024!');
+      const got = `${p.get('username') || ''}:${p.get('password') || ''}`;
+      const a = Buffer.from(got), b = Buffer.from(expect);
+      if (a.length === b.length && crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, b)) {
+        console.log('[auth] password sign-in');
+        res.writeHead(302, {
+          'Set-Cookie': `sdccjv_sess=${sign('admin')}; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax; Max-Age=${30 * 24 * 3600}${BASE_URL.startsWith('https') ? '; Secure' : ''}`,
+          Location: '/',
+        });
+      } else {
+        res.writeHead(401, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });
+        res.end(LOGIN_HTML('Wrong username or password.'));
+        return;
+      }
+      res.end();
+    });
+    return;
+  }
 
   // auth gate: Google session OR basic-auth fallback
   const sessEmail = verifySession(req.headers.cookie);

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