On 04/09/2010 17:27, André Warnier wrote:
> Digest authentication is not very popular, and rather a pain to
> implement yourself.
> The reason why it is not very popular is that it is a bit of a halfway
> solution : it does avoid user passwords to be transmitted in clear over
> the net, but it is not safe for man-in-the-middle attacks (someone can
> record the digest, and use it to authenticate later as that user).
No they can't. DIGEST is secure against such an attack. Any session ID,
however, will be vulnerable.
> And
> it still leaves the subsequent conversation unencrypted.
True.
> If you really need security, then you should run your entire site under
> HTTPS.
It depends on what you are trying to protect. Generally, this is true
but there will be edge cases where DIGEST is sufficient.
Mark
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