RE: Proposed RFC 2617 erratum, Re: Backwards definition of authentication header

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@gmx.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Cc: HTTP Working Group (ietf-http-wg@w3.org)
> Subject: Re: Proposed RFC 2617 erratum, Re: Backwards definition of
> authentication header
> 
> Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:
> >> OK,
> >>
> >> so let's report an erratum against RFC 2617 to get this on the record:
> >>
> >> -- snip --
> >> Section 1.2, paragraph 4:
> >> OLD:
> >>
> >>         challenge   = auth-scheme 1*SP 1#auth-param
> >>
> >> NEW:
> >>
> >>         credentials = basic-credentials | auth-scheme #auth-param
> >
> > Don't you need the 1*SP in there?
> >
> > EHL
> > ...
> 
> Not really, the "#" construct already allows leading linear white space
> (otherwise RFC 2068 would have been incorrect as well :-).

Allows or requires it?

EHL