http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceBasicAuthentication
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== Abstract ==
Support Basic Authentication.
== Status ==
Proposed
== Rationale ==
There is no justification for excluding Basic authentication.
== Proposal ==
Change section 13 to:
{{{
All instances of publishing Atom Format entries SHOULD be protected
by authentication to prevent posting or editing by unknown sources.
Atom Protocol servers and clients MUST support one of the following
authentication mechanisms, and SHOULD support both.
o HTTP Basic Authentication [RFC2617]
o HTTP Digest Authentication [RFC2617]
o CGI Authentication
Atom Protocol servers and clients using HTTP Basic Authentication SHOULD
support encryption of the session using TLS (see [RFC2246]). Servers and
clients using other autentication methods MAY support encryption of the
session using TLS.
There are cases where an authentication mechanism might not be
required, such as a publicly editable Wiki, or when using POST to
send comments to a site that does not require authentication from a
commenter.
}}}
== Impacts ==
== Notes ==
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