Jump to content

HTTP Authentication

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Edmundwoods (talk | contribs) at 08:30, 8 December 2007 (Initial...). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

HTTP Authentication is the built in mechanism of the HTTP 1.x protocol for requiring a valid username or password to gain access to web resources. This mechanism can be initiated by either a CGI script or by the web server itself.


This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HTTP_Authentication&oldid=176535544"