? auth.patch ? docs.patch ? images/._httpclient_logo.png Index: authentication.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/authentication.xml,v retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.12 authentication.xml --- authentication.xml 29 Jun 2004 20:16:15 -0000 1.12 +++ authentication.xml 5 Sep 2004 20:20:10 -0000 @@ -15,6 +15,30 @@
HttpClient supports three different types of http authentication schemes: Basic, Digest and NTLM. These can be used to authenticate with http servers or proxies.
+HttpClient natively supports basic, digest, and NTLM authentication. It also contains + a mechanism to plugin additional custom authentication schemes via the + AuthScheme interface. + The following steps are required to make use of a custom authentication scheme. +
AuthScheme interface.AuthScheme with
+ AuthPolicy.registerAuthScheme().AuthScheme in the AuthPolicy.AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY preference
+ (see the Alternate authentication section).There is an example - of basic authentication available in the - example directory in CVS. -
-There are a number of authentication examples in the example directory, including: +
+ +Some authentication schemes may use cryptographic algorithms. It is recommended to include the