[GH-ISSUE #209] Feature Request: Change Auth Basic to Auth Digest #140

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opened 2026-03-03 16:04:44 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-03 16:04:44 +03:00

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Originally created by @casperklein on GitHub (May 2, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/209

When using frontail with -U and -P HTTP basic authentication is used.

With Auth Basic, the username and password are transferred in plaintext (base64 encoded). This can be a security issue, if the connection is not protected with HTTPS.

With Auth Digest, only hashed values are send.

Originally created by @casperklein on GitHub (May 2, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/209 When using `frontail` with `-U` and `-P` HTTP basic authentication is used. With _Auth Basic_, the username and password are transferred in plaintext (base64 encoded). This can be a security issue, if the connection is not protected with HTTPS. With _Auth Digest_, only hashed values are send.