Essential Knowledge for Developers – HTTP Authentication
Authentication is an essential part of building web applications or web servers. Below is a brief introduction to various common methods of HTTP Authentication. Overview •Basic: RFC 2617 (1999) → RFC 7617 (2015)•Digest: RFC 2069 (1997) → RFC 2617 (1999) → RFC 7617 (2015)•OAuth 1.0 (Twitter, 2007)•OAuth 2.0 (2012) •Bearer (OAuth 2.0): RFC 6750 (2012) … Read more