- From: Albert Lunde <Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:30:13 -0500
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
At 10:17 AM 7/17/95, dmk@allegra.att.com wrote:
>Fair enough. How about using the server-name in place of realm, then?
>(After all, it's possible two webmasters might choose the same realm
>name on different servers, isn't it!) That would render the same
>username/password combination unique on different machines. So the
>stored hash would be:
> H(<username> : <server-domain-name> : <password>)
It may not be obvious to a client which of several CNAMEs for a particular
server should be used, (this relates to the vanity-names/URL issue).
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Albert Lunde Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu
Received on Monday, 17 July 1995 08:27:20 UTC