Index: continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
         File pom = getTestFile( "src/test/repository/maven-builder-helper-1.xml" );
 
-        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( pom.toURL() );
+        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( pom.toURL(), null, null);
 
         assertNotNull( result.getWarnings() );
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
         File pom = getTestFile( "src/test/repository/maven-builder-helper-2.xml" );
 
-        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( pom.toURL() );
+        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( pom.toURL(), null, null );
 
         assertNotNull( result.getWarnings() );
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
         System.setOut( new PrintStream( new ByteArrayOutputStream() ) );
 
-        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( new URL( url ) );
+        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( new URL( url ), null, null );
 
         System.setOut( ps );
 
Index: continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilderTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                                                                                    MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilder.ID );
 
         ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata(
-            getTestFile( "src/test/resources/projects/maven-1.pom.xml" ).toURL() );
+            getTestFile( "src/test/resources/projects/maven-1.pom.xml" ).toURL(), null, null );
 
         assertNotNull( result.getWarnings() );
 
Index: continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/core/action/CreateProjectsFromMetadata.java
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/core/action/CreateProjectsFromMetadata.java	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/core/action/CreateProjectsFromMetadata.java	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.formica.util.MungedHttpsURL;
+
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
  * @version $Id$
@@ -38,19 +40,37 @@
 
         URL url;
 
+        ContinuumProjectBuilder projectBuilder = projectBuilderManager.getProjectBuilder( projectBuilderId );
+        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = null;
+
         try
         {
-            url = new URL( u );
+            if ( !u.startsWith( "https" ) )
+            {
+                url = new URL( u );
+                result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( url, null, null );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MungedHttpsURL mungedURL = new MungedHttpsURL( u );
+                if ( mungedURL.isValid() )
+                {
+                    url = mungedURL.getURL();
+                    result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( url, mungedURL.getUsername(), mungedURL
+                        .getPassword() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ContinuumException( "'" + u + "' is not a valid secureURL." );
+                }
+            }
+
         }
         catch ( MalformedURLException e )
         {
             throw new ContinuumException( "'" + u + "' is not a valid URL.", e );
         }
 
-        ContinuumProjectBuilder projectBuilder = projectBuilderManager.getProjectBuilder( projectBuilderId );
-
-        ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = projectBuilder.buildProjectsFromMetadata( url );
-
         context.put( KEY_PROJECT_BUILDING_RESULT, result );
     }
 }
Index: continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilder.java
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilder.java	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenTwoContinuumProjectBuilder.java	(working copy)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     // AbstractContinuumProjectBuilder Implementation
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    public ContinuumProjectBuildingResult buildProjectsFromMetadata( URL url )
+    public ContinuumProjectBuildingResult buildProjectsFromMetadata( URL url, String username, String password )
         throws ContinuumProjectBuilderException
     {
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
         ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = new ContinuumProjectBuildingResult();
 
-        readModules( url, result, true );
+        readModules( url, result, true, username, password );
 
         return result;
     }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     //
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private void readModules( URL url, ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result, boolean groupPom )
+    private void readModules( URL url, ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result, boolean groupPom, String username, String password )
     {
         MavenProject mavenProject;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         {
             // TODO: this isn't finding parents due to relocating to the URL
             // TODO: the whole modules resolution is funky
-            mavenProject = builderHelper.getMavenProject( createMetadataFile( url ) );
+            mavenProject = builderHelper.getMavenProject( createMetadataFile( url, username, password ) );
         }
         catch ( MavenBuilderHelperException e )
         {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
                 continue;
             }
 
-            readModules( moduleUrl, result, false );
+            readModules( moduleUrl, result, false, username, password );
         }
     }
 
Index: continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilder.java
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilder.java	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/continuum/project/builder/maven/MavenOneContinuumProjectBuilder.java	(working copy)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     // ProjectCreator Implementation
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    public ContinuumProjectBuildingResult buildProjectsFromMetadata( URL url )
+    public ContinuumProjectBuildingResult buildProjectsFromMetadata( URL url, String username, String password )
     {
         ContinuumProjectBuildingResult result = new ContinuumProjectBuildingResult();
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
         try
         {
-            pomFile = createMetadataFile( url );
+            pomFile = createMetadataFile( url, null, null );
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
         {
Index: continuum-core/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- continuum-core/pom.xml	(revision 239452)
+++ continuum-core/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@
       <groupId>quartz</groupId>
       <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
       <version>1.4.5</version>
-    </dependency>
+   </dependency>
+   <dependency>
+      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-formica</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-beta-5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </dependency>
     <!--
      |
      | Maven Dependencies