On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:19:37AM +0200, Astrid Keßler wrote: > > Hi. > > > I was translating the document > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/howto/auth.html when I found this > > phrase: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client > > to the browser unencrypted (...)". > > > I think the author meant that Basic authentication sends the password > > from the server to the browser unencrypted... What do you think about it? > > No, this is correct. The server does not send any password. It sends an > "authentication required" to the client. Then the client usually prompts > the user for the password and send it to the server.
Yes, but I think he was refering to the wording :) Instead of : "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client to the browser unencrypted (...)". Should be: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client to the server unencrypted (...)". Cheers Daniel -- Teach Yourself Apache 2 -- http://apacheworld.org/ty24/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
