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. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:> For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:> For > additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
