From: Stefan Fritsch <sf@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:37:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: xforms
X-Git-Tag: 2.5.0-alpha~4703
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0f27b530ef19a5fa6c45b1502c9ab148b0ae4722;p=apache

xforms


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1554282 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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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 71fbc5f43a..9dd7764df7 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.html.en
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
     <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>
@@ -99,9 +102,11 @@
     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>
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.fr b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.fr
index 07aeca2afe..394dbf9e7e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.fr
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.fr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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 -->
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.ko b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.ko
index 7fb5dd3773..0d6179f86f 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.ko
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_digest.xml.ko
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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) -->
 
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