File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2617

Authors:

R. Shekh-Yusef, Ed.
D. Ahrens
S. Bremer

Stream:

IETF

Source:

httpauth (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7616

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Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) provides a simple challenge- response authentication mechanism that may be used by a server to challenge a client request and by a client to provide authentication information. This document defines the HTTP Digest Authentication scheme that can be used with the HTTP authentication mechanism.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.