RE: Newbie question about digest authentication

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oleg Kalnichevski [mailto:olegk@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:51 AM
> To: HttpClient User Discussion
> Subject: Re: Newbie question about digest authentication
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 05:39:45PM -0500, Patricia Goldweic wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've just started using httpClient (version 3.1 at the moment), and
> > I'm not clear as to the 'bigger' picture of using digest
> > authentication with a particular get/post method. That is, I have a
> > simple test case working with basic authentication and the tomcat
> > MemoryRealm, but would like to understand whether, if I
> were to switch
> > to 'digest' authentication in httpclient,
> > - I would also need to switch tomcat's realm configuration
> to use the
> > 'digest' attribute or not?
> > - I would need to encrypt the paswords in the tomcat-users
> file? (for
> > testing purposes, I am just using the Memory realm with the default
> > user
> > file)
> > - I would need to configure my web.xml file to use DIGEST
> > authentication or BASIC authentication?.
> > I think ideally it would be great if I could see some
> sample code that
> > uses digest authentication, and includes the corresponding tomcat
> > realm definition/web.xml file.
> > Thanks in advance for any pointers,
> > -Patricia
> >  
> > pgoldweic@...
> >
>
> Hi Patricia
>
> HttpClient will automatically pick up Digest over Basic if
> both are supported by the remote host. There is virtually no
> difference between Digest and Basic from the HttpClient user
> perspective.
>
> As far as Tomcat configuration concerned you will have a
> better luck asking those questions on the Tomcat user list.
>
> Oleg
>
>  
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