HTTP Authentication

This article summarises the bugs that plague HTTP Authentication. These have all been mentioned elsewhere in the series, but I've grouped them here by software.

Lack of internationalisation has caused problems in HTTP Authentication. This article discusses how to work around that.

This discusses using a single sign-on for multiple domains with HTTP Authentication

This talks about solutions to the problem that HTTP Authentication provides inadequate logout facilities.

Some have complained that HTTP Authentication has a poor user interface. This article addresses this.

There are various problems with HTTP authentication. In this series I discuss the various problems and their solutions.

Introduction

Many have cited problems with HTTP authentication (as opposed to session-based authentication, which has its own problems).

Problems often cited include:

Optional HTTP Authentication is possible. This article describes how.