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Clarify that credentials include HTTP auth #616

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Clarify that credentials include HTTP auth
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<p><dfn id=credentials export>Credentials</dfn> are HTTP cookies, TLS client certificates, and, for
HTTP authentication, <a lt="authentication entry">authentication entries</a> and <a
lt="proxy-authentication entry">proxy-authentication entries</a>. [[!COOKIES]] [[!TLS]]
[[!HTTP-AUTH]]
<p><dfn id=credentials export>Credentials</dfn> are HTTP cookies, TLS client certificates, and <a
lt="authentication entry">authentication entries</a> (for HTTP authentication). [[!COOKIES]]
[[!TLS]] [[!HTTP-AUTH]]

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<h3 id=authentication-entries>Authentication entries</h3>

<p>An <dfn export>authentication entry</dfn> and a
<dfn export>proxy-authentication entry</dfn> are tuples of username, password, and realm,
associated with one or more <a for=/>requests</a>.

<p>An <dfn export>authentication entry</dfn> and a <dfn export>proxy-authentication entry</dfn> are
tuples of username, password, and realm, used for HTTP authentication, and associated with one or
more <a for=/>requests</a>
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Trailing dot went missing. Also, I'd make it "HTTP and HTTP proxy authentication" maybe?

<p>User agents should allow both to be cleared together with HTTP cookies and similar tracking
functionality.
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