> > 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.

Ooops, sorry, I just realized that was already implemented in Slide.
I attach the authenticator, which can be used as a good starting point.

If everyone is ok with it, I can merge the code with the code in the commons
HTTP client authenticator.

Remy

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