rbowen 02/01/22 18:51:03
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod mod_digest.html
Log:
Brought browser support list forward 5 years. Added reference to
mod_auth_digest. Added example, in my onging quest to have an example
for every directive. Added reference to htdigest documentation.
Revision Changes Path
1.14 +20 -7 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_digest.html
Index: mod_digest.html
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retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- mod_digest.html 8 Oct 2001 01:34:30 -0000 1.13
+++ mod_digest.html 23 Jan 2002 02:51:03 -0000 1.14
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@
<p>MD5 authentication provides a more secure password system,
but only works with supporting browsers. As of this writing
- (July 1996), the majority of browsers do not support digest
- authentication. 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>
+ (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>
+
+ <p>See also <a href="mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a>,
+ which is an updated version of this module, in order to determine
+ whether you want to use that module instead. In either case, if
+ you are using one, you should not use the other, as they share
+ some of the same configuration directives.</p>
<hr />
<h2><a id="authdigestfile"
@@ -79,9 +87,14 @@
authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the absolute path to the
user file.</p>
+ <p>Example</p>
+
+ <code>AuthDigestFile /usr/local/apache/passwords/passwords.digest</code>
+
<p>The digest file uses a special format. Files in this format
- can be created using the "htdigest" utility found in the
- support/ subdirectory of the Apache distribution.</p>
+ can be created using the "<a
href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a>"
+ utility found in the support/ subdirectory of the Apache
distribution.</p>
+
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