On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:10:59PM -0400, Diethelm Guallar, Gonzalo wrote:
> > > (Like, possibly, why this is not the default mechanism, I'm guessing
> there
> > > is a good reason).
> >
> > Cause it is ugly to have the browser present a dialog people have to fill
> > out. People like websites with a nice form in it.
>
> Are there any advantages to using HTTP to authenticate?
> I'm guessing maybe HTTP will encrypt the user/password
> combination, unlike a form, which will send the fields
> unencrypted. If this is the case, how good is the HTTP
> encryption?
No, HTTP doesn't encrypt - no advantage.
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