From a74d3bfc3ec6f0541635ed51d85c75d91ac2c8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Fritsch
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:16:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
docs/manual/howto/auth.xml | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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 mod_ssl.
Apache supports one other authentication method:
AuthType Digest
. This method is implemented by mod_auth_digest and is much more secure. Most recent
- browsers support Digest authentication.
+ >mod_auth_digest and was intended to be more secure. This is no
+ longer the case and the connection should be encrypted with mod_ssl instead.
The AuthName directive sets
the Realm to be used in the authentication. The realm serves
--
2.50.1