Changeset 1018 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p7-auth.xml

Timestamp:

22/09/10 15:03:45 (10 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

move and rephrase Note about listing well-known schemes first in WWW-Authenticate (see #237)

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p7-auth.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p7-auth.xml

@@ -321 +321 @@
   </t>
 </x:note>
+<x:note>
+  <t>
+      <x:h>Note:</x:h> Many browsers fail to parse challenges containing unknown
+      schemes. A workaround for this problem is to list well-supported schemes
+      (such as "basic") first.
+  </t>
+</x:note>
 <t>
    The authentication parameter realm is defined for all authentication
@@ -363 +370 @@
                             / #<x:ref>auth-param</x:ref> )
 </artwork></figure>
-<x:note>
-  <t>
-      <x:h>Note:</x:h> many browsers will only recognize Basic and will require
-      that it be the first auth-scheme presented. Servers should only
-      include Basic if it is minimally acceptable.<cref>Either rephrase and add reference or drop.</cref>
-  </t>
-</x:note>
 <t>
    The protection space determines the domain over which credentials can