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The Authorization: Basic header is used for basic authentication in an HTTP request, where the client ID and client secret are concatenated with a colon, and the resulting string is Base64 encoded.

First, let's discuss how to issue and store client ID and client secret pairs, and then we'll talk about implementing the server-side authentication process.

1. Issuing client ID and client secret: Typically, a server or an API service provides the client ID and client secret during the registration process. When a developer or client application registers with the service, they will receive the necessary credentials, which they must store securely. The process for obtaining these credentials varies depending on the service you're using.

2. Implementing server-side authentication:

To implement server-side authentication using the Authorization: Basic header, you'll need to perform the following steps:

a. Extract the Authorization header from the incoming request. b. Verify that the header starts with "Basic ". c. Decode the Base64-encoded string and split the result into the client ID and client secret. d. Compare the received credentials with the stored ones to authenticate the request.

Here's an example of how to do this in a Spring Boot application:

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import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;

@RestController
public class AuthenticationController {

    private static final String CLIENT_ID = "yourClientId";
    private static final String CLIENT_SECRET = "yourClientSecret";

    @GetMapping("/authenticate")
    public String authenticate(@RequestHeader("Authorization") String authHeader) {
        if (authHeader != null && authHeader.startsWith("Basic ")) {
            String base64Credentials = authHeader.substring("Basic ".length());
            String credentials = new String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64Credentials), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

            String[] values = credentials.split(":", 2);
            if (values.length == 2 && CLIENT_ID.equals(values[0]) && CLIENT_SECRET.equals(values[1])) {
                return "Authentication successful!";
            }
        }

        throw new ResponseStatusException(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, "Authentication failed");
    }
}

In this example, the authenticate method is a simple endpoint that uses the @RequestHeader annotation to extract the Authorization header from the request. The method checks if the header starts with "Basic " and then decodes the Base64-encoded string. After splitting the result into client ID and client secret, it compares them to the stored values to authenticate the request.

Please note that this example is for demonstration purposes only. In a real-world scenario, it's recommended to use a more robust and secure authentication mechanism, like OAuth 2.0 or JWT (JSON Web Tokens), especially for production systems.