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Re: [http-auth] re-call for IETF http-auth BoF

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 09 June 2011 14:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-auth] re-call for IETF http-auth BoF
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On 2011-06-09 16:31, Yutaka OIWA wrote:
> ...
> password stealing, session hijack, and phishing.  Currently, the HTTP
> core protocol only provides basic plaintext password authentication
> and MD5-based hashed password authentication, both of which are
> ...

That's kind of misleading; the core HTTP protocol doesn't define any 
concrete authentication schemes at all; it just offers a framework 
(header fields, status codes etc).

 > ...
> Both BoF and possible future working group expect well coordination
> with W3C's effort on the related topics.  It shall also be in
> coordination with related IETF working groups, including websec, abfab
> and oauth.
> ...

I believe you need to add HTTPbis.

Best regards, Julian

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