Thanks very much!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrey Shulinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:16 PM
> To: 'Slide Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: AW: accessing slide on the server side
> 
> 
> 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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