Re: Digest Access Authentication proposal - "Authorization"

From: Eric W. Sink <eric@spyglass.com> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 09:12:24 -0600 Message-Id: <ab95ee2d060210045ce6@[192.246.238.160]> To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com · This archive was generated by hypermail pre-2.1.9 : Wednesday, 24 September 2003 06:31:14 EDT

>So, if my plea is compelling, I'd like to see every reference to the
>word "authorization" in the DAA proposal excised (except for the
>"Unauthorized" status; that's a given). Also, the example conflates
>the two by implying that there's a single username and password "for"
>a document. It should say that that username/password has authorized
>access to the document.

Well, I guess I just learned something new. :-)  I intend to change the
draft accordingly.

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