From: Stefan Fritsch <sf@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:16:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: axe one more case of digest auth being described as secure
X-Git-Tag: 2.5.0-alpha~4668
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a74d3bfc3ec6f0541635ed51d85c75d91ac2c8ee;p=apache

axe one more case of digest auth being described as secure


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1555555 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml b/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml
index 42e77b47fe..715c5b727a 100644
--- 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