Salted Challenge Response HTTP Authentication Mechanism
| Document Name: | RFC 7804 |
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| Document URI: |
urn:ietf:rfc:7804
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| Online Version: |
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7804
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| Organization: | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) |
| Series: | Request for Comments (RFC) |
| Abstract: | This specification describes a family of HTTP authentication mechanisms called the Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM), which provides a more robust authentication mechanism than a plaintext password protected by Transport Layer Security (TLS) and avoids the deployment obstacles presented by earlier TLS-protected challenge response authentication mechanisms. |
Specified Web Concepts:
HTTP Authentication Schemes
SCRAM-SHA-1
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SCRAM-SHA-256
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