Re: Client authentication on HTTP/2 over TLS 1.3

Martin,

> For HTTP, I generally recommend using HTTP authentication
> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#section-11.6).  The
> simpler schemes (Basic, Digest, Bearer) have some pretty significant
> drawbacks, but they are widely used.
> https://httpwg.org/http-extensions/draft-ietf-httpbis-unprompted-auth.html
> has some promising characteristics, including a binding to the TLS
> connection.  In choosing here, a lot depends on whether you intend
> to build a single service or you are looking at designing an
> HTTP-based protocol that others might want to deploy.

Lifting client authentication from TLS to HTTP sounds promising.
Thanks!

--Kazu

Received on Wednesday, 17 January 2024 00:59:03 UTC