Remote front panels are easy to get working and do a great job of viewing and controlling front panels for existing LabVIEW programs. It is not the best approach for providing LabVIEW functionality in a web page, but can be up and running quickly. The problem is that there is very little security built into the LabVIEW Web Server. Years ago, when it was using the G Web Server, you could use simple HTTP authentication via htaccess.txt files. That feature is no longer supported. You can embed the control in a web page hosted by another web server and have the control point to the LabVIEW web server. This provides an outer shell of authentication and security, but still exposes the vulnerable LabVIEW Web Server to potentially malicious actors. The existing locks on IP address do nothing to protect against other users behind the same firewall.
So, my request is to simply provide better security and authentication features for the LabVIEW Web Server that is serving up remote front panels. Just re-implementing basic HTTP authentication and restricting access to folders via htaccess would go a long way with (I presume) not much effort. NI could even switch to an open source web server with existing authentication capabilities and customize it to serve front panels. Or provide a custom module/handler/action for Apache (or similar for IIS) to serve front panels.
For a feature that has been around for so long, I am surprised that security and authentication functionality has not been improved or updated.
This idea is no longer in development. I'm moving the idea back to the 'New' status to be considered for a future LabVIEW 20xx release.