Re: Authorization vs. Authentication (was Re: Accountability in AC4CSR)

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, John Panzer wrote:
> 
> Right, I'm not talking about Access-Control, I'm talking about general 
> HTTP auth[nz].  I don't understand the rationale for AC4CSR's policies 
> with regard to the Authorization: header

The rationale is really as simple as this: browser vendors don't want to 
enable a distributed user credentials search.

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Received on Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:41:03 UTC