access authentication
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... The protocol referred to as "HTTP/1.0" includes specification for a
Basic Access Authentication scheme[1]. This scheme is not considered
to be a secure method ...
... versions of the HTTP protocol. This document provides specification
for such a scheme, referred to as "Digest Access Authentication".
The Digest Access Authentication ...
... Access Authentication".
The Digest Access Authentication scheme is not intended to be a
complete answer to the need for security in the World Wide Web ...
... encryption of object content. The intent is simply
to create a weak access authentication method which avoids the most
serious flaws of Basic authentication ...
... Basic authentication.
It is proposed that this access authentication scheme be included in
the proposed HTTP/1.1 specification.
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Like Basic Access Authentication, the Digest scheme is based on a
simple challenge-response paradigm. The Digest scheme challenges
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... Digest Access Authentication Scheme ...
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The Digest Access Authentication scheme is conceptually similar to
the Basic scheme. The formats of the modified WWW-Authenticate
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... As with the basic scheme, proxies must be completely transparent in
the Digest access authentication scheme. That is, they must forward
the WWW-Authenticate, Authentication ...