Re: [http-auth] Last Call: <draft-ietf-httpauth-basicauth-update-05.txt>

* Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 2015-02-10 20:57, Tony Hansen wrote:
> > On 2/6/15 1:43 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> > > On 2015-02-05 23:49, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> > > > * The IESG wrote:
> > > > > Abstract
> > > > >
> > > > >    This document defines the "Basic" Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
> > > > >    Authentication Scheme, which transmits credentials as
> > > > > userid/password
> > > > >    pairs, obfuscated by the use of Base64 encoding.
> How is the intent actually relevant here?
According to the Abstract the intent is obfuscation. If the intent is
not relevant, then the Abstract should not draw attention to it. That
is pretty much why I brought this up.
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