Re: [Zope] SSL Digest Auth

2006-02-17 Thread Chris Withers
Andrew Milton wrote: In Digest Auth the browser 'hashes' the username and password the user enters and simply sends the hash. The webserver does the same and compares the hash to the hash sent by the browser. If they match then you're allowed in. In Basic Auth the username and password are

Re: [Zope] SSL Digest Auth

2006-02-16 Thread michael nt milne
No, I read that for digest authentication to work the authentication data can't be encrypted. Therefore it seems perfect for implementing more security on non-SSL sites or sites that don't need SSL but need more security on logon. On 2/16/06, Chris Withers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi