- From: Eric W. Sink <eric@spyglass.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 09:01:40 -0600
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
>[Has the "Digest" authentication scheme become "KeyedDigest"?]
No, it's "Digest".
>So I don't see the
>problem with unsecured anchors. The [Keyed]Digest authentication
>successfully required Alice to identify herself, as it was supposed to.
Agreed, Digest Authentication, is just that -- Authentication. It is not
encryption, and it wasn't intended to be. If you want to pass sensitive
information, use SHTTP.
--
Eric W. Sink, Senior Software Engineer -- eric@spyglass.com
http://www.spyglass.com/~eric/home.htm
Received on Wednesday, 22 March 1995 08:23:06 UTC