http://username:password@domain.com/protected/ #### #!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; my $url = 'domain.com/protected/redir.htm'; my $q = CGI->new(); my $login_url = sprintf "http://%s:%s\@$url", $q->param('username'), $q->param('password'); print $q->header; print < Logging in..... HTML #### Redirecting.....