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Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] HTTP authentication: the next generation

Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com> Sat, 11 December 2010 05:20 UTC

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:21:18 -0600
From: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com>
To: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>
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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] HTTP authentication: the next generation
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:53:53PM -0700, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Is it time to start thinking about next-generation authentication
> technologies for HTTP?
> 
> We all know that BASIC and DIGEST are ancient and crufty and lacking
> many features and security properties we might want, but there hasn't
> been much discussion about more modern approaches. Here are a few things
> I've found:
> 
> 1. Way back in 2001, Keith Burdis wrote an I-D about upgrading to SASL
> within HTTP: http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-burdis-http-sasl-00.txt

I have this:

draft-williams-tls-app-sasl-opt-04.txt

which could easily be made usable from HTTP.

> If you're interested, please discuss on the http-auth@ietf.org list:
> 
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/http-auth

One more list...  :)

Nico
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