On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 11:05, Agnieszka Szczurowska R (TX/EUS) wrote:

> My question is about BNF for digest authentication. RFC 3261 closely follows RFC 
> 2617, however RFC 3261 still provides BNF for Authorization header.
> 
> 1) For SIP Authorization header should we use RFC 3261's BNF for Authorization 
> header or the one included in RFC 2617?
>  
> 2) Which parameters are mandatory in Authorization header for SIP authentication 
> using digest.
> 
> Our understanding is:
> - follow RFC 3261's BNF for Authorization header since it is redefined here.
> - there are no specific mandatory parameters. The only rule is to specify at least 
> one parameter (this will, of course, cause 401 from the server - we only want to 
> know the correct syntax to be used).

If you have not yet received a challenge from the server, just don't
include an Authorization header at all.  When you're challenged, you'll
know which syntax to use.

-- 
Scott Lawrence
Consulting Engineer
Pingtel Corp.   
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