Recommend to use http-digest instead of http-basic #5027
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| Q | A |
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| Doc fix? | no |
| New docs? | yes |
| Applies to | 2.3+ |
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| Instead, consider using the ``http_digest`` firewall, which is almost identical | ||
| to ``http_basic`` but where user credentials are encoded and hashed before | ||
| including them in the request. Read :ref:`HTTP-Digest Authentication reference <reference-security-http-digest>`. |
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| HTTP-Digest Authentication | ||
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| To use HTTP-Digest authentication you need to provide a realm and a key: | ||
| To use HTTP-Digest authentication you need to provide a realm and a key, which | ||
| is the random string that will be used to hash user's credentials. It's common |
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hash the user's credentials?
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| .. caution:: | ||
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| The ``http_basic`` firewall is only recommended while prototyping applications | ||
| or when the application is exclusively accesed through secure transports, such |
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Closing this PR because of the concerns expressed by some Symfony Core members. |
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