@misc{rfc7617, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7617, howpublished = {RFC 7617}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7617}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7617}, author = {Julian Reschke}, title = {{The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme}}, pagetotal = 15, year = 2015, month = sep, abstract = {This document defines the "Basic" Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication scheme, which transmits credentials as user-id/ password pairs, encoded using Base64.}, }