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> I couldn't figure out how to get digest authentication working with
> mod_auth_form, the documentation mentions it once, but offers no
> specifics and I was unable to guess it (I even tried looking at the
> source for comments that might help).
>
> Now as to why I would rather use digest authentication, I have been
> unsuccessful in compiling mod_session_crypto. A site that had been

Why? -- Did you use the latest apr-util?

> using Digest would obviously have the bigger concern of preserving
> user passwords. It happens that for the property I'm hoping to
> deploy mod_auth_form on the next release I have most of the
> passwords in both digest and htpasswd compatible formats. Based on
> the pace of the release cycle I don't expect an official Ubuntu
> package until end of October 2012, since apache httpd 2.3 isn't in
> Sid I can't assume a working package through Debian anytime soon.

It will be in Sid as soon as we release a "stable" release. sf
(Stefan Fritsch) is the Debian Maintainer of the packages and one
of our busiest committers.

> I would prefer the stronger cryptography of mod_session_crypto, or a
> cryptographically enhanced version of digest if one was available.
> Since I store both password forms in my database I can use digest
> now and then switch later.


i

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