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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2010-01-26 15:06:22 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2010-01-26 15:06:22 +0000
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Document HTTP digest authentication support.
Mention some prominent past contributors: Hajimu Umemoto (ipv6), Henry Whincup (https), Jukka Ukkonen (if-modified-since) and Jean-François Dockes (digest auth)
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libfetch/fetch.322
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
index 9b312b0..aaf1a8d 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
+++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 14, 2008
+.Dd January 26, 2010
.Dt FETCH 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -509,9 +509,13 @@ Specifies HTTP authorization parameters as a colon-separated list of
items.
The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm
respectively; further items are scheme-dependent.
-Currently, only basic authorization is supported.
+Currently, the
+.Dq basic
+and
+.Dq digest
+authorization methods are supported.
.Pp
-Basic authorization requires two parameters: the user name and
+Both methods require two parameters: the user name and
password, in that order.
.Pp
This variable is only used if the server requires authorization and
@@ -656,12 +660,14 @@ The
.Nm fetch
library was mostly written by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org
-with numerous suggestions from
+with numerous suggestions and contributions from
.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq jkh@FreeBSD.org ,
-.An Eugene Skepner Aq eu@qub.com
-and other
-.Fx
-developers.
+.An Eugene Skepner Aq eu@qub.com ,
+.An Hajimu Umemoto Aq ume@FreeBSD.org ,
+.An Henry Whincup Aq henry@techiebod.com ,
+.An Jukka A. Ukkonen Aq jau@iki.fi ,
+.An Jean-Fran\(,cois Dockes Aq jf@dockes.org
+and others.
It replaces the older
.Nm ftpio
library written by
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