> This very thread is the proof that there is need for this, or? > Is this a good enough for you?
Necessity is the mother of invention. Proof that there is need for this would be that someone has already implemented it, regardless of whether they make their implementation publically available.
Having discussion threads about feature requests isn't proof that the features are necessary. :-)
To bring one usage that is probably right around the corner is web services and machines communicating without user participation. One actual usage of this is the new ATOM API that is looking to supplement RSS and aggregation. Some background links on this are:
http://bitworking.org/news/New_AtomAPI_Implementation_Release2 http://dannyayers.com/archives/001464.html http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/CommentAuthentication
I can see where a lot of web services want more than simple AUTH but don't want to deal with the client side coding of SSL in their tools so digest seems at least a little better.
As for implementing digest in AOLserver Rob Mayoff has already done the MD5 proc in his utils package here:
http://dqd.com/~mayoff/aolserver/src/dqd_utils-1.3/
Anyway I see digest being a popular comprimise in alot of the client tools that will start to make themselves visible and if AOLserver wants to interact with these it may need it for web services.
Best Regards, Carl Garland
PS: Thanks to Nathan Folkman and others I will be starting at AOL for a contracting position very soon and look forward to being able to better serve both AOL and the AOLserver community.
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