File formats:

Status:

DRAFT STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2069

Obsoleted by:

RFC 7235, RFC 7615, RFC 7616, RFC 7617

Authors:

J. Franks
P. Hallam-Baker
J. Hostetler
S. Lawrence
P. Leach
A. Luotonen
L. Stewart

Stream:

IETF

Source:

http (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2617

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Abstract

This document provides the specification for HTTP's authentication framework, the original Basic authentication scheme and a scheme based on cryptographic hashes, referred to as "Digest Access Authentication". [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.