- From: Jim Seidman <jim@spyglass.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 14:16:12 -0500
- To: Roy Fielding <fielding@beach.w3.org>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
At 01:50 PM 8/17/95 -0400, Roy Fielding writes: >On the other hand, we could just use 401 for both, but I was told >earlier (on the list) that the 411 semantics were needed. Could you summarize why 411 is needed? If I'm reading draft 01 right, anytime someone mistypes their username or password for Basic authentication the server should send back 411. I know this change will break at least some of the existing web browsers, since they look for 401 to trigger their authentication code. There should be a very compelling reason to make a major change from current practice, especially since current practice is so widely implemented. -- Jim Seidman, Senior Software Engineer Spyglass Inc., 1230 E. Diehl Road, Naperville IL 60563
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