> I was looking at the
>
>     org.apache.commons.httpclient.Authenticator
>
> class.  The class implements "Basic" authentication only.
>
> It does not implement the "Digest" authentication scheme.
>
> The Digest authentication scheme is described in RFC 2617:
>
>   ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2617.txt
>
> Is anybody planning to implement Digest authentication?
>
> Is there a reason why it has not been implemented?

As far as I am concerned, it's 100% lack of time.
Digest is quite important in the WebDAV world, so I'm interested in the
funtionality.

> Would it be worthwhile for me to implement Digest
> authentication?

Only if you feel like it.
Tomcat 4 has an implementation of DIGEST you can test against on the server
side.

Remy


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