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Digest access authentication

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Digest access authentication

Summary

Digest access authentication is an authentication protocol[1]. It draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (authentication_protocol category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Digest access authentication's instance of is recorded as authentication protocol[3].
  • Digest access authentication's part of is recorded as HTTP authentication[4].
  • Digest access authentication's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y3vr[5].
  • Digest access authentication's described by source is recorded as RFC 7616: HTTP Digest Access Authentication[6].
  • Digest access authentication's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 83635276[7].

Body

Publication

Digest access authentication's part of is recorded as HTTP authentication[4].

Why It Matters

Digest access authentication draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (authentication_protocol category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Digest access authentication. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/digest-access-authentication
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_digest-access-authentication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Digest access authentication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/digest-access-authentication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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