http issue "AUTHVSPROXY" not quite closed
Jim Gettys (jg@pa.dec.com)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:17:13 -0800
> From: Ronald.Tschalaer@psi.ch (Life is hard... and then you die.)
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:45:16 +0200
> To: JG@pa.dec.com
> Subject: http issue "AUTHVSPROXY" not quite closed
> -----
> Hi Jim,
>
> I sent you a mail about this a couple months back, but I think I got it
> slightly wrong. In the issue list "AUTHVSPROXY" actually has two things,
> the second of which has been done. The first, however, still needs doing:
>
> [Gisle wrote:]
> > Is there a good reason why WWW-Authenticate can have multiple
> > challenges while Proxy-Authenticate can't?
> >
> > draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-03:
> >
> > > Proxy-Authenticate = "Proxy-Authenticate" ":" challenge
> > > WWW-Authenticate = "WWW-Authenticate" ":" 1#challenge
>
> [Paul rsponded:]
> > none. Just forgot to update the one when I was updating the other. I'll
> > fix it in the next draft.
>
> But since it's in the http spec, not the auth spec, section 14.33 of
> draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-05 still has the old Proxy-Authenticate
> syntax and needs to be changed to
>
> Proxy-Authenticate = "Proxy-Authenticate" ":" 1#challenge
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ronald
I believe Ronald is correct, and that 14.33's BNF needs updating.
Dave, am I correct?
- Jim