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      <h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3</h3>
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    <h1 align="CENTER">Module mod_digest</h1>
    <p>This module provides for user authentication using MD5
    Digest Authentication.</p>
    <p><a href="module-dict.html#Status"
    rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br />
     <a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile"
    rel="Help"><strong>Source File:</strong></a> mod_digest.c<br />
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    rel="Help"><strong>Module Identifier:</strong></a>
    digest_module<br />
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    <h2>Summary</h2>
    <p>This module implements an older version of the MD5 Digest
    Authentication specification which will probably not work with
    modern browsers. Please see <a
    href="mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a> for a module
    which implements the most recent version of the standard.</p>
    <h2>Directives</h2>
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      <li><a href="#authdigestfile">AuthDigestFile</a></li>
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    <h2>Using Digest Authentication</h2>
    <p>Using MD5 Digest authentication is very simple. Simply set
    up authentication normally. However, use "AuthType Digest" and
    "AuthDigestFile" instead of the normal "AuthType Basic" and
    "AuthUserFile". Everything else should remain the same.</p>
    <p>MD5 authentication provides a more secure password system,
    but only works with supporting browsers. As of this writing
    (January 2002), the only major browsers which support digest
    authentication are <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera 4.0</a>,
    <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/">MS Internet 
    Explorer 5.0</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a>. 
    Therefore, we do not recommend using this feature on a large 
    Internet site. However, for personal and intra-net use, where 
    browser users can be controlled, it is ideal.</p>
    <p>See also <a href="mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a>,
    which is an updated version of this module, in order to determine
    whether you want to use that module instead. In either case, if
    you are using one, you should not use the other, as they share
    some of the same configuration directives.</p>
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    <h2><a id="authdigestfile"
    name="authdigestfile">AuthDigestFile</a> directive</h2>
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    <em>filename</em><br />
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    rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_digest 
    <p>The AuthDigestFile directive sets the name of a textual file
    containing the list of users and encoded passwords for digest
    authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the absolute path to the
    user file.</p>
    <p>Example</p>
    <code>AuthDigestFile /usr/local/apache/passwords/passwords.digest</code>
    <p>The digest file uses a special format. Files in this format
    can be created using the "<a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a>"
    utility found in the support/ subdirectory of the Apache distribution.</p>
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