HTTP Authentication-Info and Proxy-Authentication-Info Response Header Fields
RFC 7615
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(September 2015; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 2617
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-reschke-httpauth-auth-info | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication Sep 2015 | |
| Document shepherd | Mark Nottingham | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2015-03-12) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7615 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Barry Leiba | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - Actions Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Reschke
Request for Comments: 7615 greenbytes
Obsoletes: 2617 September 2015
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721
HTTP Authentication-Info and Proxy-Authentication-Info
Response Header Fields
Abstract
This specification defines the "Authentication-Info" and "Proxy-
Authentication-Info" response header fields for use in Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication schemes that need to return
information once the client's authentication credentials have been
accepted.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7615.
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RFC 7615 HTTP Authentication-Info September 2015
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. The Authentication-Info Response Header Field . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Parameter Value Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. The Proxy-Authentication-Info Response Header Field . . . . . 4
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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RFC 7615 HTTP Authentication-Info September 2015
1. Introduction
This specification defines the "Authentication-Info" and "Proxy-
Authentication-Info" response header fields for use in HTTP
authentication schemes ([RFC7235]) that need to return information
once the client's authentication credentials have been accepted.
Both were previously defined in Section 3 of [RFC2617], defining the
HTTP "Digest" authentication scheme. This document generalizes the
description for use not only in "Digest" ([RFC7616]), but also in
other future schemes that might have the same requirements for
carrying additional information during authentication.
2. Notational Conventions
This specification uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF)
notation of [RFC5234] with a list extension, defined in Section 7 of
[RFC7230], that allows for compact definition of comma-separated
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