Re: Digest mess

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Yaron Goland wrote:
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> I believe this would be sufficient for DAV's immediate needs. Our main goal
> is to get beyond clear text passwords. I admit to having gotten caught up in
> the "let us fix digest" fury. HTTP needs a message oriented single key based
> authentication and encryption system but digest isn't it and shouldn't be
> beaten into it. Let us just get rid of clear text passwords, declare
> victory, and go home. We can come back later to solve the rest of the
> world's problems.

Agreed.

Cheers,

Ben.

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