Merge r1555555 from trunk:

   axe one more case of digest auth being described as secure

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1555559 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml b/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml
index 362b089fab5e23a88d95cce40abcfefc8afab212..2d0f8fc1513e46a9ad5cc726168f784fa95f7519 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ Require user rbowen
     highly sensitive data, unless accompanied by <module>mod_ssl</module>.
     Apache supports one other authentication method:
     <code>AuthType Digest</code>. This method is implemented by <module
-    >mod_auth_digest</module> and is much more secure. Most recent
-    browsers support Digest authentication.</p>
+    >mod_auth_digest</module> and was intended to be more secure. This is no
+    longer the case and the connection should be encrypted with <module
+    >mod_ssl</module> instead.</p>
 
     <p>The <directive module="mod_authn_core">AuthName</directive> directive sets
     the <dfn>Realm</dfn> to be used in the authentication. The realm serves