Mike Müller  wrote
> Hi Justin
> 
> You're probably right. The topic came up in [1].
> As for the browsers I would dare to say there are
> more problems than advantages with Basic Auth:
> - Some browsers pass credentials even on parent paths 
> where  credentials should not be sent. 
> - Logout is mostly a problem
> If the client is not a browser it surely looks better.
> I don't know how much apps built on sling really use 
> Basic Auth but I guess rather few. 
> That's why I would change the default behavour and
> disable the Basic Auth.
> 
I tend to agree here - I think it's more important to work ootb for
browser than for some client tools :)

But Justin has touched an important topic: we need to update or docs!

Carsten
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Carsten Ziegeler
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