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RFC 2617
HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication,June 1999
- File formats:
- Status:
- DRAFT STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2069
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 7235,RFC 7615,RFC 7616,RFC 7617
- Authors:
- J. Franks
P. Hallam-Baker
J. Hostetler
S. Lawrence
P. Leach
A. Luotonen
L. Stewart - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- http (app)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2617
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Abstract
This document provides the specification for HTTP's authentication framework, the original Basic authentication scheme and a scheme based on cryptographic hashes, referred to as "Digest Access Authentication". [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.