<p><strong>Note:</strong> MD5 authentication provides a more
secure password system than Basic authentication, but only
- works with supporting browsers. As of this writing (July 1999),
+ works with supporting browsers. As of this writing (October 2001),
the only major browsers which support digest authentication are
- <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">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 Internet site. However,
- for personal and intra-net use, where browser users can be
- controlled, it is ideal.</p>
+ <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 yet recommend using this feature on a large
+ Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where
+ browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p>
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