<p>This module implements HTTP Digest Authentication
(<a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2617.html">RFC2617</a>), and
provides an alternative to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> where the
- password is not transmitted as cleartext. However, the security
- improvement over basic authentication is very small. Encrypting the
+ password is not transmitted as cleartext. However, this does
+ <strong>not</strong> lead to a significant security advantage over
+ basic authentication. On the other hand, the password storage on the
+ server is much less secure with digest authentication than with
+ basic authentication. Therefore, using basic auth and encrypting the
whole connection using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is a much better
alternative.</p>
</div>
man-in-the-middle attacker can trivially force the browser to downgrade
to basic authentication. And even a passive eavesdropper can brute-force
the password using today's graphics hardware, because the hashing
- algorithm used by digest authentication is too fast. Therefore
- using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> to encrypt the whole connection is
- recommended.</p>
+ algorithm used by digest authentication is too fast. Another problem is
+ that the storage of the passwords on the server is insecure. The contents
+ of a stolen htdigest file can be used directly for digest authentication.
+ Therefore using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> to encrypt the whole connection is
+ strongly recommended.</p>
<p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code> only works properly on platforms
where APR supports shared memory.</p>
</div>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.fr.xsl"?>
-<!-- English Revision: 1415960:1554276 (outdated) -->
+<!-- English Revision: 1415960:1554281 (outdated) -->
<!-- French translation : Lucien GENTIS -->
<!-- Reviewed by : Vincent Deffontaines -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="EUC-KR" ?>
<!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.ko.xsl"?>
-<!-- English Revision: 105989:1554276 (outdated) -->
+<!-- English Revision: 105989:1554281 (outdated) -->
<!--
Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more