[Zope] authentication to apache from zope

[AM]

Hi,

I have an site using Apache Zope VHM.

I was wondering if the authentication could be passed on to Apache.

For e.g.

I have an apache folder :
<apache_doc_root>/images/
which is password protected via htpasswd and has images that I would 
like apache to serve.
The folder has a user called zope/zpass in the .htpasswd file.

In zope I have a page that has the tag

<img src=/ images/img1.jpg>

Is there a way I can pass the authentication to apache (zope/zpass) so 
that the client can view the images and the username password doesnt 
appear in the client.

Thanks
AM

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