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Re: Digest mess

From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@agranat.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 19:57:54 -0500
Message-Id: <199801070057.TAA09207@devnix.agranat.com>
To: HTTP Working Group <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
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>>>>> "JC" == Josh Cohen <joshco@MICROSOFT.com> writes:

JC> There seems to be a lot of other protocols or efforts which depend
JC> on HTTP um, security.  By having digest, they meet the IETF
JC> security requirements, and may proceed.  If digest fails or comes
JC> out of the spec, this will derail other efforts as well.

  The effect will be the same if HTTP 'security' is seen to be
  insufficient.

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Scott Lawrence           EmWeb Embedded Server       <lawrence@agranat.com>
Agranat Systems, Inc.        Engineering            http://www.agranat.com/
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