December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
32h
English
WWW-Authenticate
WWW-Authenticate: scheme
realm
Used with the 401 (Unauthorized) response code. It
specifies the authorization scheme and realm of authorization
required from a client at the requested URI. Many different
authorization realms can exist on a server. A common authorization
scheme is BASIC, which requires a username and password. For example:
WWW-Authenticate: BASIC realm="Admin"
When returned to the client, this header indicates that the BASIC
type of authorization data in the appropriate realm should be
returned in the client’s
Authorization header.
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