> So, the subversion libraries need to be able to tell the authen
> providers in what "space" the credentials are recognized. I'll
call
> this a "realm" for now, though this overloads a term already used
in
> HTTP and elsewhere. The form of the realm and its usage would
depend
> on the cred_kind.
> For HTTP basic auth, the realm would be a (host-name, port, HTTP
> AuthName) tuple, though I'd need to look this up in the HTTP
protocol
> spec to be sure. I don't know how much of the credential caching
is
> handled by neon, but hopefully it handles a lot of the details.
would http proxy authentication fall also into this area? up to now,
i always thougth you have to enter your proxy password in a file or
in the registry, which is not very appealing for security aware people.
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Received on Mon Mar 31 20:51:49 2003