Does media support HTTP basic authentication in the URL?

Does media support HTTP basic authentication in the URL?
We have a artifact server (Nexus) and it seems I can use basic authentication to access my artifacts. Since our company doesn’t feel like spawning a HTTP server, I thought I might give this path a try as we have Nexus readily available.

Also, since we also do windows deployments, I think it probably best if we try to limit & protect access to that installation media.

Kind regards,
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