Re: The IETF process
Beth Frank (efrank@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:02:03 -0500 (CDT)
>
> According to Beth Frank:
> >
> > On behalf of the NCSA Server Development Team, I'd like to request that
> > people who want new features implemented but do not (or do) plan to
> > implement them themselves, to send us a description of their goals and
> > their implementation. We routinely review requests and implement those
> > that seem useful, interesting, or widely requested. We are more interested
> > in research than the marketplace and have less to lose if we invest a
> > lot of time in something that later gets drops in favor of something else.
> >
> > --
> > Elizabeth(Beth) Frank
> > NCSA Server Development Team
> > efrank@ncsa.uiuc.edu
> >
>
> Okay, how about Digest Authentication. There is a complete draft
> specification. It has been implemented in Spyglass browsers and
> several servers. It would be great if it could make it into NCSA
> browsers and servers. It is much easier that SHTTP (no cost, no
> legal entanglements) and it would meet a lot of peoples needs.
>
> John Franks
We support Digest Authentication in R1.5, which is currenly in beta
test. I believe it is interoperable with (and based on) the Spyglass
implementation.
The new feature documentation for release 1.5 is located at:
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/features.html
The MD5 specific documentation is located at:
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/beta-1.5/howto/md5_auth.html
--
Elizabeth(Beth) Frank
NCSA Server Development Team
efrank@ncsa.uiuc.edu