On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <p>MD5 authentication provides a more secure password system, > but only works with supporting browsers. As of this writing > - (January 2002), the only major browsers which support digest > - authentication are <a href="http://www.opera.com/";>Opera 4.0</a>, > - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/";>MS Internet > - Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/";>Amaya</a>. > - Therefore, we do not recommend using this feature on a large > - Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where > - browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p> > + (December 2003), most major browsers support digest authentication. > + </p>
Most browsers support digest, but I believe our conclusion is that at least MSIE does not support the old version of the spec used by mod_digest. So this paragraph is not accurate. It also conflicts with what is written under "Summary". Joshua.
