> I use HTTrack 3.33 under Windows and would like to download a
username/password protected page over https/SSL. How should the link look
like?> 
> Are username/password always encoded in the URL?> 
> <https://username:passowrd@www.server.com/index.html>

It depends on the authentication method.  You would put the user/pass in the
URL if the site used HTTP authentication, I believe (usually looks like a
little pop-up dialog with input boxes).

If it's a user/pass form on the webpage itself then you'll probably have to
try another capture method.