Hi, Warwick! 

> Excuse my ignorance, but in simple terms what is the protocol underlying
digest auth? 

Well, HTTP:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt

> Does WebFolders actually implement the client piece of the authentication
mechanism?

Yes, I suppose so.

> I'm trying to understand how sophisticated a web client WebFolders is 
> and whether it is actively participating in authenticating user to
Tomcat/Slide.

It is. In fact, every WebDAV client (and server, of course) must support
Basic & Digest authentication, afaik.

Yours sincerely,
Andrey.


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrey Shulinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:48 PM
> > To: 'Slide Users Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: AW: accessing slide on the server side
> > 
> > 
> > Hi there! 
> > 
> > > Your reply begs a question as to whether forms auth can 
> be used with 
> > > MS WebFolders, Adobe Acrobat, NetDrive and other commonly 
> available 
> > > DAV clients. Have you used forms auth with these clients 
> before? I 
> > > would assume the client would need a browser to be able 
> to support 
> > > forms auth which _may_ be possible for webfolders (though 
> I haven't 
> > > gotten it to
> > > work) but I'm less confident that clients like Acrobat 
> and NetDrive 
> > > could support it.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I would be very interested to hear people's experiences 
> with using 
> > > auth mechanisms other than basic auth with these clients.
> > 
> > We use Digest authentication using modified Slide realm, 
> works OK with 
> > our own webclient, WebFolders & Mac OSX webdav client.
> > 
> > Yours sincerely,
> > Andrey.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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