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Is this an error?
Hi.
I was translating the document
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/howto/auth.html when I found this
phrase: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
to the browser unencrypted (...)".
I think the author meant that Basic authentication sends the password
from the server to the browser unencrypted... What do you think about it?
This phrase can be found @ "Getting it working" section.
Happy weekend.
Gustavo Narea.
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Re: Is this an error?
Posted by Gustavo Narea <in...@gmail.com>.
Hi.
Daniel Lopez escribió:
> Yes, but I think he was refering to the wording :)
>
> Instead of :
> "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> to the browser unencrypted (...)".
>
> Should be:
> "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> to the server unencrypted (...)".
Exactly! ;-)
I said the opposite... It was a typo.
Regards.
Gustavo Narea.
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Re: Is this an error?
Posted by Hiroaki KAWAI <ka...@iij.ad.jp>.
Committed. Thank you. :)
Astrid Ke゜ler <ke...@kess-net.de> wrote:
-snip-
> > Yes, but I think he was refering to the wording :)
>
> > Instead of :
> > "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> > to the browser unencrypted (...)".
>
> > Should be:
> > "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> > to the server unencrypted (...)".
>
> Eh, yes. You are right :)
>
> Kess
---Hiroaki Kawai
kawai@iij.ad.jp
Applied Research and Technology Division,
Technology Department,
Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
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Re: Is this an error?
Posted by Astrid Keßler <ke...@kess-net.de>.
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:19:37AM +0200, Astrid Keßler wrote:
>> > Hi.
>>
>> > I was translating the document
>> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/howto/auth.html when I found this
>> > phrase: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
>> > to the browser unencrypted (...)".
>>
>> > I think the author meant that Basic authentication sends the password
>> > from the server to the browser unencrypted... What do you think about it?
>>
>> No, this is correct. The server does not send any password. It sends an
>> "authentication required" to the client. Then the client usually prompts
>> the user for the password and send it to the server.
> Yes, but I think he was refering to the wording :)
> Instead of :
> "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> to the browser unencrypted (...)".
> Should be:
> "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> to the server unencrypted (...)".
Eh, yes. You are right :)
Kess
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Re: Is this an error?
Posted by Daniel Lopez <da...@rawbyte.com>.
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:19:37AM +0200, Astrid Keßler wrote:
> > Hi.
>
> > I was translating the document
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/howto/auth.html when I found this
> > phrase: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> > to the browser unencrypted (...)".
>
> > I think the author meant that Basic authentication sends the password
> > from the server to the browser unencrypted... What do you think about it?
>
> No, this is correct. The server does not send any password. It sends an
> "authentication required" to the client. Then the client usually prompts
> the user for the password and send it to the server.
Yes, but I think he was refering to the wording :)
Instead of :
"(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
to the browser unencrypted (...)".
Should be:
"(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
to the server unencrypted (...)".
Cheers
Daniel
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Re: Is this an error?
Posted by Astrid Keßler <ke...@kess-net.de>.
> Hi.
> I was translating the document
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/howto/auth.html when I found this
> phrase: "(...) Basic authentication sends the password from the client
> to the browser unencrypted (...)".
> I think the author meant that Basic authentication sends the password
> from the server to the browser unencrypted... What do you think about it?
No, this is correct. The server does not send any password. It sends an
"authentication required" to the client. Then the client usually prompts
the user for the password and send it to the server.
Kess
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