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

Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com> Sun, 12 December 2010 21:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentication: the next generation
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Why settle for one?

On 12/12/10 7:40 PM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> Yoav Nir wrote:
>
>> EAP has one advantage. It is easy to integrate with existing
>> RADIUS/DIAMETER infrastructure.
>>
> True.
> And SASL has an advantage that it is easier to integrate with LDAP
> infrastructure.
>
> I think this just demonstrates that before an HTTP authentication
> mechanism can be evaluated, people need to agree on a common
> evaluation criteria for HTTP authentication.
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