diff --git a/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/src/main/mdo/configuration.mdo b/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/src/main/mdo/configuration.mdo
index 0f371f824..08e2b8c2a 100644
--- a/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/src/main/mdo/configuration.mdo
+++ b/archiva-base/archiva-configuration/src/main/mdo/configuration.mdo
@@ -273,6 +273,22 @@
           <description>
             The URL for this repository.
           </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>username</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The Username for this repository.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>password</name>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The Password for this repository.
+          </description>
         </field>
       </fields>
     </class>
diff --git a/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/model/ArchivaRepository.java b/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/model/ArchivaRepository.java
index dc29d542f..a0149d727 100644
--- a/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/model/ArchivaRepository.java
+++ b/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/model/ArchivaRepository.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ package org.apache.maven.archiva.model;
 public class ArchivaRepository
 {
     private ArchivaRepositoryModel model;
-
+    
     private RepositoryURL url;
 
     protected boolean blacklisted;
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ public class ArchivaRepository
     {
         return this.url;
     }
+    
+    public void setUsername(String username)
+    {
+    	this.model.setRepositoryUsername(username);
+    }
+    
+    public void setPassword(String password)
+    {
+    	this.model.setRepositoryPassword(password);
+    }
 
     public ArchivaRepositoryModel getModel()
     {
@@ -102,6 +112,16 @@ public class ArchivaRepository
     {
         return this.model.getName();
     }
+    
+    public String getUsername()
+    {
+    	return model.getRepositoryUsername();
+    }
+    
+    public String getPassword()
+    {
+    	return model.getRepositoryPassword();
+    }
 
     public String toString()
     {
diff --git a/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/mdo/archiva-base.xml b/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/mdo/archiva-base.xml
index 859747925..a2b13a15d 100644
--- a/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/mdo/archiva-base.xml
+++ b/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/mdo/archiva-base.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@
             The URL of the repository.
           </description>
         </field>
+	<field stash.maxSize="250">
+          <name>repositoryUsername</name>
+          <identifier>false</identifier>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The Username of the repository.
+          </description>
+        </field>
+        <field stash.maxSize="250">
+          <name>repositoryPassword</name>
+          <identifier>false</identifier>
+          <version>1.0.0+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <description>
+            The Password of the repository.
+          </description>
+        </field>
         <field stash.maxSize="20">
           <name>creationSource</name>
           <identifier>false</identifier>
diff --git a/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors.java b/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors.java
index 96117c89f..283c86907 100644
--- a/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors.java
+++ b/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/proxy/DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.WagonException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationInfo;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy.ProxyInfo;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.repository.Repository;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
@@ -441,7 +442,8 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors
 
                 transferChecksum( wagon, remoteRepository, remotePath, localFile, ".sha1" );
                 transferChecksum( wagon, remoteRepository, remotePath, localFile, ".md5" );
-            }
+            
+			}
         }
         catch ( ResourceDoesNotExistException e )
         {
@@ -691,15 +693,31 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors
 
         try
         {
+        	AuthenticationInfo authInfo = null;
+        	String username = remoteRepository.getUsername();
+        	String password = remoteRepository.getPassword();
+        	if (username != null && password != null)
+        	{
+			getLogger().info("Using username " + username + " to connect to remote repository "
+				+ remoteRepository.getUrl());
+        		authInfo = new AuthenticationInfo();
+        		authInfo.setUserName(username);
+        		authInfo.setPassword(password);
+        	}
+		else
+		{
+			getLogger().info("No authentication for remote repository needed");
+		}
+
             Repository wagonRepository =
                 new Repository( remoteRepository.getId(), remoteRepository.getUrl().toString() );
             if ( networkProxy != null )
             {
-                wagon.connect( wagonRepository, networkProxy );
+                wagon.connect( wagonRepository, authInfo, networkProxy );
             }
             else
             {
-                wagon.connect( wagonRepository );
+                wagon.connect( wagonRepository, authInfo );
             }
             connected = true;
         }
@@ -871,6 +889,8 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryProxyConnectors
 
         ArchivaRepository repo = new ArchivaRepository( repoConfig.getId(), repoConfig.getName(), repoConfig.getUrl() );
         repo.getModel().setLayoutName( repoConfig.getLayout() );
+        repo.setUsername(repoConfig.getUsername());
+        repo.setPassword(repoConfig.getPassword());
         return repo;
     }
 
diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRemoteRepository.jsp b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRemoteRepository.jsp
index d61bd2e1b..d1455abf8 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRemoteRepository.jsp
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRemoteRepository.jsp
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@
 
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>Admin: Add Repository</title>
+  <title>Admin: Add Remote Repository</title>
   <ww:head/>
 </head>
 
 <body>
 
-<h1>Admin: Add Repository</h1>
+<h1>Admin: Add Remote Repository</h1>
 
 <div id="contentArea">
 
-  <h2>Add Repository</h2>
-
   <ww:actionmessage/>
   <ww:form method="post" action="addRemoteRepository!commit" namespace="/admin" validate="true">
     <ww:textfield name="repository.id" label="Identifier" size="10" required="true"/>
diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
index 93f8c622c..98a050a05 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@
 
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>Admin: Add Repository</title>
+  <title>Admin: Add Managed Repository</title>
   <ww:head/>
 </head>
 
 <body>
 
-<h1>Admin: Add Repository</h1>
+<h1>Admin: Add Managed Repository</h1>
 
 <div id="contentArea">
 
-  <h2>Add Repository</h2>
-
   <ww:actionmessage/>
   <ww:form method="post" action="addRepository!commit" namespace="/admin" validate="true">
     <ww:textfield name="repository.id" label="Identifier" size="10" required="true"/>
diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRemoteRepository.jsp b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRemoteRepository.jsp
index 6fefba1dd..3f6686c57 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRemoteRepository.jsp
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRemoteRepository.jsp
@@ -21,20 +21,18 @@
 
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>Admin: Edit Repository</title>
+  <title>Admin: Edit Remote Repository</title>
   <ww:head/>
 </head>
 
 <body>
 
-<h1>Admin: Edit Repository</h1>
+<h1>Admin: Edit Remote Repository</h1>
 
 <ww:actionerror/>
 
 <div id="contentArea">
 
-  <h2>Edit Repository</h2>
-
   <ww:actionmessage/>
   <ww:form method="post" action="editRemoteRepository!commit" namespace="/admin" validate="false">
     <ww:hidden name="repository.id"/>
diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRepository.jsp b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRepository.jsp
index 8d1d2fa1f..8735f1d2e 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRepository.jsp
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/editRepository.jsp
@@ -21,20 +21,18 @@
 
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>Admin: Edit Repository</title>
+  <title>Admin: Edit Managed Repository</title>
   <ww:head/>
 </head>
 
 <body>
 
-<h1>Admin: Edit Repository</h1>
+<h1>Admin: Edit Managed Repository</h1>
 
 <ww:actionerror/>
 
 <div id="contentArea">
 
-  <h2>Edit Repository</h2>
-
   <ww:actionmessage/>
   <ww:form method="post" action="editRepository!commit" namespace="/admin" validate="false">
     <ww:hidden name="repository.id"/>
diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/include/remoteRepositoryForm.jspf b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/include/remoteRepositoryForm.jspf
index d5316de8e..eaaac6237 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/include/remoteRepositoryForm.jspf
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/include/remoteRepositoryForm.jspf
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@
 
 <ww:textfield name="repository.name" label="Name" size="50" required="true"/>
 <ww:textfield name="repository.url" label="URL" size="50" required="true"/>
+<ww:textfield name="repository.username" label="Username" size="25" required="false"/>
+<ww:password name="repository.password" label="Password" size="25" required="false"/>
 <ww:select list="#@java.util.LinkedHashMap@{'default' : 'Maven 2.x Repository', 'legacy' : 'Maven 1.x Repository'}"
            name="repository.layout" label="Type"/>