----- Original Message -----
From: "Remy Maucherat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 2001. szeptember 7. 18:13
Subject: Re: Digest authentication in Tomcat?
> Tomcat 4.0 already supports DIGEST, but only if the realm can return clear
> text passwords. Designing a cheme to store the limited digest in the
> realmshould be possible, but should be postponed until 4.1.
My implementation works with the situation where server only knows
H(username ":" realm ":" password)
>
> Also, IE supports DIGEST.
My IE 5.5 fails with DIGEST. I've checked by an experimental installation of
Apache 1.3.7. IE 5.5, NN 6 and NN 4.72 failed to process the authentication
request (NN 4.72 returned Basic authentication :-)) Opera succeeded cleanly.
Attila.
>
> Remy
>
>
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