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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en index 85a6ca9c2a..331d8497a7 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - --><title>mod_auth_digest- Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_auth_digest</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td>User authentication using MD5 - Digest Authentication.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module Identifier:</a></td><td>auth_digest_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2> + --><title>mod_auth_digest- Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_auth_digest</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td>User authentication using MD5 + Digest Authentication.</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module Identifier:</a></td><td>auth_digest_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2> <p>This module implements HTTP Digest Authentication. However, it has not been extensively tested and is therefore marked experimental.</p> @@ -26,17 +26,16 @@ </Location> </code></td></tr></table></blockquote> -<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5"><p align="center"><strong>Note</strong></p> - <p>MD5 authentication provides a more - secure password system than Basic authentication, but only - works with supporting browsers. As of this writing (October 2001), - the only major browsers which support digest authentication are - <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera 4.0</a>, - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">MS Internet - Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a>. - Therefore, we do not yet recommend using this feature on a large - Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where - browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p> +<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5"><p align="center"><strong>Note</strong></p> + + <p>Digest authentication provides a more secure password system + than Basic authentication, but only works with supporting + browsers. As of July 2002, the major browsers that support digest + authentication are <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a>, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">MS Internet + Explorer</a> (fails when used with a query string), <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a> and <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">Mozilla</a>. Since digest + authentication is not as widely implemented as basic + authentication, you should use it only in controlled settings.</p> + </td></tr></table></blockquote> <hr/><h2><a name="AuthDigestAlgorithm">AuthDigestAlgorithm</a> <a name="authdigestalgorithm">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Selects the algorithm used to calculate the challenge and response hases in digest authentication</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>AuthDigestAlgorithm MD5|MD5-sess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>AuthDigestAlgorithm MD5</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_digest</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml index ae983e98e8..5d9b919dcd 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml @@ -39,17 +39,19 @@ </Location> </example> -<note><title>Note</title> - <p>MD5 authentication provides a more - secure password system than Basic authentication, but only - works with supporting browsers. As of this writing (October 2001), - the only major browsers which support digest authentication are - <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera 4.0</a>, - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">MS Internet - Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a>. - Therefore, we do not yet recommend using this feature on a large - Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where - browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p> +<note><title>Note</title> + + <p>Digest authentication provides a more secure password system + than Basic authentication, but only works with supporting + browsers. As of July 2002, the major browsers that support digest + authentication are <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a>, <a + href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">MS Internet + Explorer</a> (fails when used with a query string), <a + href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a> and <a + href="http://www.mozilla.org">Mozilla</a>. Since digest + authentication is not as widely implemented as basic + authentication, you should use it only in controlled settings.</p> + </note> </section> @@ -269,3 +271,5 @@ authentication</description> </modulesynopsis> + + |