"Manros, Carl-Uno B" wrote:
> ...
> Proposed solution: As the HTTP WG is deprecating the Basic
> Authentication feature, it does not make sense to mandate that, but
> we still have to make it clear that support for Digest Authentication
> is a MUST for all IPP clients and printers (unless you want to make
> TLS a MUST for everybody) in IPP/1.1.
> ...
I've said this before, but let me say it again - if you mandate
Digest authentication then it will be impossible to use the existing
authentication systems provided by most operating systems.
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