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I want to use a website monitor to check that a web page is working but the web page requires that the user is authenticated.

Is there a crafty way of achieving this that doesn't require storing an authentication ticket with the website monitoring service, where it could be stolen and used to make malicious requests?

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    Why not create a page where no authentication is needed just for status checking? – ThoriumBR Nov 13 '18 at 18:28
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    Or, alternatively, create a minimal access account that can only call HEAD on the top page inside the password-protected tree, and just use that account for monitoring. – Austin Hemmelgarn Nov 14 '18 at 19:38
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You could use something like Pingdoms Transaction Monitor (https://www.pingdom.com/product/transaction-monitoring/), but be aware that you are giving credentials to a public service.

You could also use powershell script or similar to do the same. See this question on stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12282842/how-to-login-to-website-with-basic-authentication-using-powershell

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I think you'll have to either make your own website-checking service or set up an intermediary server. If you provide more information about either or both of the services and an alternative exists, I or someone else might be able to get suggest alternatives.

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