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RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication) |
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One advantage of the basic authentication scheme is that it is supported by almost all popular web browsers. It is rarely used on normal [[Internet]] [[Website|web sites]] but is suitable for small, private systems. A later mechanism, [[digest access authentication]], was developed in order to replace the basic authentication scheme and enable credentials to be passed in a relatively secure manner over an otherwise insecure channel.
The basic authentication scheme was originally defined by RFC 1945 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.0) although further information regarding security issues may be found in RFC 2068 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1) and RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication).
== Example ==
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