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Glen Mazza commented on CXF-2873:
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This is the method you're referring to Sergey that Tomasz should implement, 
correct?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication

I would guess *only* digest authentication should be allowed and not the basic 
auth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication) because of the 
potential sensitivity of the SOAP request messages being viewed by the log 
browser.

However, I don't see how supporting username/token as an additional method can 
provide additional security, as you're just creating another door into the 
system with a potentially unsecure (buggy) lock.  Username/Token also requires 
nonces and timestamp restraints (and the digest based on the same[1]) that 
AFAIK aren't even handled with CXF's basic SOAP usernameToken/password 
implementation.

[1] 
http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-How-to-configure-client-for-UsernameToken-with-plaintext-password-and-Nonce-p28117173.html


> Add authentication support (via HTTP basic authentication)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CXF-2873
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-2873
>             Project: CXF
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>            Reporter: Tomasz Oponowicz
>


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