- From: Phillip M. Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:45:46 -0500
- To: Dave Kristol <dmk@bell-labs.com>, HTTP Working Group <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
>My summary: let's return Digest to its original purpose, avoiding
>cleartext passwords. Let's not try to impose on Digest capabilities for
>which it was not intended.
>Dave Kristol
I agree with Dave, folk keep re-inventing my original proposal that
kicked off this subject. I don't think that the arguments against have
changed much, indeed there is far more infrastructure arround today
that mangles headers.
Sad but true.
Phill
Received on Tuesday, 6 January 1998 15:50:09 UTC