Re: [xml-dev] RE: Encoding charset of HTTP Basic Authentication

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com>]

On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Pete Cordell wrote:

> A quick question before I do though, does Digest require the server to have access to the password in clear text form, whereas Basic allows the server to store the password in some hashed form?

That's the crux of it: digest is not worth the complications IMO.

If you care about the integrity of the transport channel, use TLS.

If you use TLS, basic is all what you need.