> + (December 2003), most major browsers support digest
> + authentication. However, the only major browsers which support
> + the old digest authentication format are <a
> href="http://www.opera.com/";>Opera 4.0</a>,
> + <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/";>MS Internet
> + Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/";>Amaya</a>.
that still doesn't sound quite right to me. here is how I recall the state
of affairs last I checked all the browsers (admittedly over a year ago, but
most browsers don't remove features, and MSIE is still borked by all
accounts). feel free to adopt it (or not) or alter the wording/formatting
at will - I was just trying to help things a bit.
--Geoff
Index: htdocs/manual/mod/mod_digest.html
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@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>This module implements an older version of the MD5 Digest
- Authentication specification which will probably not work with
- modern browsers. Please see <a
+ Authentication specification. While suitable for most modern
+ browsers, mod_digest is known to not work with Microsoft
+ Internet Explorer. Please see <a
href="mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a> for a module
- which implements the most recent version of the standard.</p>
+ which implements the most recent version of the standard
+ and does not suffer from the same limitations as mod_digest.</p>
<h2>Directives</h2>
@@ -68,12 +70,16 @@
<p>MD5 authentication provides a more secure password system,
but only works with supporting browsers. As of this writing
- (December 2003), most major browsers support digest
- authentication. However, the only major browsers which support
- the old digest authentication format are <a href="http://www.opera.com/";>Opera 4.0</a>,
- <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/";>MS Internet
- Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/";>Amaya</a>.
- Therefore, we do not recommend using this feature on a large
+ (December 2003) most major browsers, including
+ <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/";>MS Internet Explorer</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.opera.com/";>Opera</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.netscape.com/";>Netscape</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/";>Mozilla</a>, and
+ <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/";>Amaya</a>,
+ support the Digest authentication scheme. However, of this list
+ MS Internet Explorer is known to be incompatable with the
+ older digest authentication format supported by this module.
+ Therefore, we do not recommend using this module on a large
Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where
browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p>
