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README.md

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ The [ORY Security Console](https://console.ory.am/auth/login). connects with you
 
 ### ORY Oathkeeper
 
+[ORY Oathkeeper](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper) is a BeyondCorp/Zero Trust Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) built on top of OAuth2 and ORY Hydra. 
 
 ## Security
 

pkg/basic_auth.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2015-2018 Aeneas Rekkas <aeneas+oss@aeneas.io>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * @author		Aeneas Rekkas <aeneas+oss@aeneas.io>
+ * @Copyright 	2017-2018 Aeneas Rekkas <aeneas+oss@aeneas.io>
+ * @license 	Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+func BasicAuth(username, password string) string {
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(url.QueryEscape(username) + ":" + url.QueryEscape(password)))
+}