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RFC 7616: HTTP Digest Access Authentication

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) provides a simple challenge- response authentication mechanism that may be used by a server to challenge a client request and by a client to provide authentication information. This document defines the HTTP Digest Authentication scheme that can be used with the HTTP authentication mechanism.

Document record

Document ID
RFC7616
Published
September 2015
Authors
R. Shekh-Yusef; D. Ahrens; S. Bremer
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
32
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2617

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 21 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2068 (1997)
  2. RFC 2069 (1997)
  3. RFC 2145 (1997)
  4. RFC 2616 (1999)
  5. RFC 2617 (1999)
  6. RFC 2818 (2000)
  7. RFC 7230 (2014)
  8. RFC 7231 (2014)
  9. RFC 7232 (2014)
  10. RFC 7233 (2014)
  11. RFC 7234 (2014)
  12. RFC 7235 (2014)
  13. RFC 7238 (2014)
  14. RFC 7538 (2015)
  15. RFC 7615 (2015)
  16. RFC 7616 (2015)
  17. RFC 7617 (2015)
  18. RFC 7694 (2015)
  19. RFC 9110 (2022)
  20. RFC 9111 (2022)
  21. RFC 9112 (2022) ✓

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