HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
RFC 2617, “HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication”, is a Draft Standard document published in June 1999 by J. Franks, P. Hallam-Baker, J. Hostetler, S. Lawrence, P. Leach, A. Luotonen, L. Stewart. It obsoletes RFC 2069. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7235, RFC 7615, RFC 7616, RFC 7617 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
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]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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- RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
- RFC 2618 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB
- RFC 2615 PPP over SONET/SDH
- RFC 2619 RADIUS Authentication Server MIB
- RFC 2614 An API for Service Location
- RFC 2620 RADIUS Accounting Client MIB
- RFC 2613 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for Switched Networks Version 1.0
- RFC 2621 RADIUS Accounting Server MIB