A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7616 Title: HTTP Digest Access Authentication Author: R. Shekh-Yusef, Ed., D. Ahrens, S. Bremer Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: September 2015 Mailbox: rifaat.ietf@gmail.com, ahrensdc@gmail.com, sophie.bremer@netzkonform.de Pages: 32 Characters: 71946 Obsoletes: RFC 2617 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-httpauth-digest-19.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7616 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7616 The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) provides a simple challenge- response authentication mechanism that may be used by a server to challenge a client request and by a client to provide authentication information. This document defines the HTTP Digest Authentication scheme that can be used with the HTTP authentication mechanism. This document is a product of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Authentication Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC