Primitive: Digest

The Primitive: Digest component implements a digest authentication scheme. This authentication scheme issues a challenge by using a value called a nonce, a server-specified data string. The valid response includes a checksum of the user name, the password, the specified nonce value, the HTTP method, and the requested Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

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Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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