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Date:      Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:57:04 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: s/key authentication for Apache on FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <6.0.0.22.2.20031214005309.04ba9528@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20031214054519.GD78055@over-yonder.net>
References:  <6.0.0.22.2.20031210115335.04c2fc50@localhost> <20031210093927.70c87960.amonk@gnutec.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031210124332.04e94ac0@localhost> <16343.33321.632599.190251@oscar.buszard-welcher.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031210173916.04f57be8@localhost> <20031211101551.GA27435@nikkel.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031213193447.04e80930@localhost> <20031214054519.GD78055@over-yonder.net>

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At 10:45 PM 12/13/2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

>HTTP AUTH sends the user/pass strings with every request (more precisely,
>the browser caches what you put in, and sends it every time the server
>returns a 401 with the same realm name.)

I apologize; I wasn't being clear. My question was, does the Apache
server then send the user name and password on to the library that
is doing authentication every time? Or does it recognize that the
user and password (and/or IP) are the same as before and allow
subsequent hits?

--Brett




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