From d2d2cf7b2ecfff0a7dc57468574ad6ed1a5f4973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: des Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:06:22 +0000 Subject: Document HTTP digest authentication support. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mention some prominent past contributors: Hajimu Umemoto (ipv6), Henry Whincup (https), Jukka Ukkonen (if-modified-since) and Jean-François Dockes (digest auth) --- lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/libfetch') 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 -- cgit v1.1