===== RFC7235 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication =====
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<caption>Data sheet for [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:http|Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP/1.1): [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:authentication|Authentication]]</caption>
| Title                      | Transmission Control Protocol |
| Acronym                    | HTTP |
| Version                    | 1.1 |
| Document Number            | RFC7235 |
| Release Date               | June 2014  |
| Reference                  | [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235]] |
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  : **Note**: The following is an excerpt from the official IETF RFC. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference.


==== Introduction ====
  : //HTTP provides a general framework for [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:accesscontrol|access control]] and
   authentication, via an extensible set of challenge-response
   authentication schemes, which can be used by a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]] to challenge a
   [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:client|client]] request and by a client to provide authentication information.
   This document defines HTTP/1.1 authentication in terms of the
   architecture defined in "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1):
   Message Syntax and Routing" [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230 | RFC7230]], including the general
   framework previously described in "HTTP Authentication: Basic and
   Digest Access Authentication" [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617 | RFC2617]] and the related fields and
   status codes previously defined in "Hypertext Transfer Protocol --
   HTTP/1.1" [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616| RFC2616]].//

  : //The IANA Authentication Scheme Registry ([[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235#section-5.1 | Section 5.1]]) lists
   registered authentication schemes and their corresponding
   specifications, including the "basic" and "digest" authentication
   schemes previously defined by [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617 | RFC 2617]].//


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