RFC 7617
The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme, September 2015
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2617
- Author:
- J. Reschke
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- httpauth (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7617
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Abstract
This document defines the "Basic" Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication scheme, which transmits credentials as user-id/ password pairs, encoded using Base64.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.