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authorStefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>2016-07-05 23:20:42 +0200
committerStefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>2016-07-05 23:20:42 +0200
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parent48eddd3d39fa2668ee29198ebfb33c41d4738c21 (diff)
downloadapache2-upstream.tar.gz
Imported Upstream version 2.4.23upstream
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en
index 14e6f5c6..56c8a0da 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en
@@ -60,28 +60,19 @@
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdigestqop">AuthDigestQop</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdigestshmemsize">AuthDigestShmemSize</a></li>
</ul>
-<h3>See also</h3>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_auth_digest">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_auth_digest">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
<ul class="seealso">
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../howto/auth.html">Authentication howto</a></li>
-</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="using" id="using">Using Digest Authentication</a></h2>
- <p>To use MD5 Digest authentication, simply
- change the normal <code>AuthType Basic</code> and
- <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code>
- to <code>AuthType Digest</code> and
- <code class="directive"><a href="#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>,
- when setting up authentication, then add a
- <code class="directive"><a href="#authdigestdomain">AuthDigestDomain</a></code> directive containing at least the root
- URI(s) for this protection space.</p>
-
- <p>Appropriate user (text) files can be created using the
- <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code> tool.</p>
+ <p>To use MD5 Digest authentication, configure the location to be
+ protected as shown in the below example:</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Example:</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/private/"&gt;
AuthType Digest
@@ -94,6 +85,14 @@
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>
</div>
+ <p><code class="directive"><a href="#authdigestdomain">AuthDigestDomain</a></code>
+ should list the locations that will be protected by this
+ configuration.</p>
+
+ <p>The pasword file referenced in the <code class="directive"><a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code> directive may be
+ created and managed using the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code> tool.</p>
+
+
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>Digest authentication was intended to be more secure than basic
authentication, but no longer fulfills that design goal. A