my web service is not posting data. I was trying to post err log data directly from the client's browser (e.g. javascript/flash/silverlight) to a splunk installation which is not on the same server as the web server.
But I do agree it's a bad idea, especially because username/pass is in clear text for the rest api.
I've solved my problem with a custom web page on my web server that receives log data on post parameters, and logs it to splunk using the REST api.
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