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• An authentication mechanism in which a Web application authenticates itself to a Web server by sending the server a message digest along with its HTTP request message. The digest is computed by employing a one-way hash algorithm to a concatenation of the HTTP request message and the client's password. The digest is typically much smaller than the HTTP request and doesn't contain the password.
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  "digest authentication." Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 1.4 Glossary. Sun Microsystems. 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/digest-authentication.

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