rfc-7617

The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme

J. Reschke

date2015-09 streamIETF areasec wghttpauth statusPROPOSED STANDARD pages15 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7617 doi10.17487/RFC7617

This document defines the "Basic" Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication scheme, which transmits credentials as user-id/ password pairs, encoded using Base64.

obsoletes

rfc-2617 — HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication