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HTTP authentication

procedure with which the user of a web browser can authenticate himself as a user to the web server or a web application in order to be authorized for further accesses thereafter
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HTTP authentication

Summary

HTTP authentication is an authentication[1].

Key Facts

  • HTTP authentication's instance of is recorded as authentication[2].
  • HTTP authentication's part of is recorded as HTTP request[3].
  • HTTP authentication's part of is recorded as HTTP response[4].
  • HTTP authentication's Commons category is recorded as HTTP authentication[5].
  • HTTP authentication's said to be the same as is recorded as HTTP authentication[6].
  • HTTP authentication's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-authschemes/http-authschemes.xhtml#authschemes[7].
  • HTTP authentication's described by source is recorded as RFC 7235: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication[8].
  • HTTP authentication's described by source is recorded as RFC 2617: HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication[9].
  • HTTP authentication's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/http-authentication[10].
  • HTTP authentication's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q6j6dmqb[11].
  • HTTP authentication's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Web/HTTP/Authentication[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HTTP authentication. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-authentication
MLA “HTTP authentication.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-authentication.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_http-authentication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HTTP authentication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-authentication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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