On the same issue... does using DIGEST Authentication
work when the password itself is stored in digest
form?

I wasnt able to get it to work...

/s

--- Sam Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I might be wrong.. but there is a difference between
> using Digest for authentication and storing the
> passwords as digest version in the user
> tomcat-users.xml file.
> 
> The former is what Pankaj is tying to do.. this
> causes
> the passwords to be transmitted as digests version
> of
> themselves from the users browser to Tomcat. Tomcat
> then un-digests them and calls the Realm call to do
> it
> work.
> 
> In the latter, we set the digest attribute to sha or
> md5 in the Realm directive in server.xml. This does
> not affect how the passwords are transmitted from
> the
> users browser to Tomcat. The Realm implementation
> computes the digest of the password and compares it
> with the digested version..
> 
> Am I on the right track here?
> 
> /s
> --- "PELOQUIN,JEFFREY (HP-Boise,ex1)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When you switched to Digest mode did you convert
> the
> > original clear text
> > passwords to the digest format you wish to use?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: KUMAR,PANKAJ (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:13 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: REPOST: Tomcat 4.1.18: Digest
> > authentication not working?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am resposting this message as I did not get any
> > answer/comment/advice.
> > 
> > Has anyone ever got Digest authentication working
> > with Tomcat?
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: KUMAR,PANKAJ (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Subject: Tomcat 4.1.18: Digest authentication not
> > working?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am a relative newbiw to Tomcat.
> > 
> > The manager application works with BASIC
> > authentication (default
> > configuration), after making appropriate user and
> > role entries in
> > conf/tomcat-users.xml file.
> > 
> > However, when I change BASIC to DIGEST as shown
> > below:
> > Default web.xml for "manager":
> > ...
> >   <login-config>
> >     <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
> >     <realm-name>Tomcat Manager
> > Application</realm-name>
> >   </login-config>
> > ...
> > Modified web.xml for "manager":
> > ...
> >   <login-config>
> >     <auth-method>DIGEST</auth-method>
> >     <realm-name>Tomcat Manager
> > Application</realm-name>
> >   </login-config>
> > ...
> > 
> > It doesn't work. I get the login prompt in my
> > browser ( I tried both IE6.0
> > and Netscape 7.0 ) with the right realm string,
> but
> > after entering the user
> > name and the password, the prompt appers again.
> > 
> > I am appending the HTTP dump (captured using a
> home
> > grown interceptor tool
> > ):
> > =================================================
> > [HTTP] C --> S (370 bytes)
> > GET /manager/html HTTP/1.1
> > Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg,
> > image/pjpeg,
> > application/vnd.ms-
> > powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel,
> > application/msword,
> > application/x-shockwav
> > e-flash, */*
> > Accept-Language: en-us
> > Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
> > User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0;
> > Windows NT 5.0)
> > Host: localhost:8079
> > Connection: Keep-Alive
> > 
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (412 bytes)
> > HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> > Pragma: No-cache
> > Cache-Control: no-cache
> > Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
> > WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="Tomcat Manager
> > Application", qop="auth",
> > nonce="
> > bf3c8fa05f1260f6a9d4299d3b882339",
> > opaque="03758823e3b14892bb4dc34ef834fa13"
> > Content-Type: text/html
> > Content-Language: en-US
> > Transfer-Encoding: chunked
> > Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 08:49:24 GMT
> > Server: Apache Coyote/1.0
> > 
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (5 bytes)
> > 2ad
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (685 bytes)
> > <html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/4.1.18-LE-jdk14 -
> > Error
> > report</title><STYLE><!
> > --H1{font-family : sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma;color :
> > white;background-color :
> > #008
> > 6b2;} H3{font-family :
> sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma;color
> > :
> > white;background-color :
> > #0086b2;} BODY{font-family :
> > sans-serif,Arial,Tahoma;color :
> > black;background-co
> > lor : white;} B{color : white;background-color :
> > #0086b2;} HR{color :
> > #0086b2;}
> > --></STYLE> </head><body><h1>HTTP Status 401 -
> > </h1><HR size="1"
> > noshade><p><b>t
> > ype</b> Status report</p><p><b>message</b>
> > <u></u></p><p><b>description</b>
> > <u>T
> > his request requires HTTP authentication
> > ().</u></p><HR size="1"
> > noshade><h3>Apa
> > che Tomcat/4.1.18-LE-jdk14</h3></body></html>
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (2 bytes)
> > 
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (5 bytes)
> > 0
> > 
> > [HTTP] C --> S (683 bytes)
> > GET /manager/html HTTP/1.1
> > Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg,
> > image/pjpeg,
> > application/vnd.ms-
> > powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel,
> > application/msword,
> > application/x-shockwav
> > e-flash, */*
> > Accept-Language: en-us
> > Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
> > User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0;
> > Windows NT 5.0)
> > Host: localhost:8079
> > Connection: Keep-Alive
> > Authorization: Digest username="pankaj",
> > realm="Tomcat Manager Application",
> > qop
> > ="auth", algorithm="MD5", uri="/manager/html",
> > nonce="bf3c8fa05f1260f6a9d4299d3b
> > 882339", nc=00000001,
> > cnonce="f7710dc1f6683517f0dd8dfd957a50bc",
> > opaque="0375882
> > 3e3b14892bb4dc34ef834fa13",
> > response="8d3c122778ae3d95564f61a2238c8f51"
> > 
> > [HTTP] C <-- S (412 bytes)
> > HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
> > Pragma: No-cache
> > Cache-Control: no-cache
> > Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
> > WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="Tomcat Manager
> > Application", qop="auth",
> > nonce="
> > d13c9c9d094919b14030f3bff72edc6b",
> > opaque="bd29cf774ee39e6a3cc1c396293be208"
> > Content-Type: text/html
> > Content-Language: en-US
> > Transfer-Encoding: chunked
> 
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