Requesting a file from the files' directory does not require authentication, but requesting a directory does.
A response with status 401 will be received signifying lack of authentication.

First setup the Authentication module.

Authenticator Setup
username	password	status?
Aladdin	open sesame

Now request a file from the files directory.
We should get a 404 since file reading is allowed, but no such file exists.

Response Requester.
uri	status?
files/someFile	404

Now request the files directory. We should get a 401 since we didn't suply any credentials.

Response Requester.
uri	status?
files/	401

When we supply bad credintials we get a 401.

Response Requester.
uri	username	password	status?
files/	Aladdin	open please	401

Proper credentials give a not found (404) response; because requested file doesn't exist in this context.

Response Requester.
uri	username	password	status?
files/blah	Aladdin	open sesame	404

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