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Date: Fri Mar 17 17:45:18 2006
From: simon at snosoft.com (Simon Smith)
Subject: HTTP AUTH BASIC monowall.

Thanks felix!

Felix Lindner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:48:07 -0500
> Simon Smith <simon@...soft.com> wrote:
>   
>> My first thought was on how to harden the
>> authentication because the basic auth didn't cut it for me. Thats what I
>> am looking for ideas for.
>>     
>
> you may be looking for Digest Authentication:
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt:
>
>    "Like Basic, Digest access authentication verifies that both parties
>    to a communication know a shared secret (a password); unlike Basic,
>    this verification can be done without sending the password in the
>    clear, which is Basic's biggest weakness. As with most other
>    authentication protocols, the greatest sources of risks are usually
>    found not in the core protocol itself but in policies and procedures
>    surrounding its use."
>
> cheers
> FX
>
>   


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