IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest Authentication

IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest Authentication

Paul Moore paulmo at microsoft.com
Thu Apr 22 15:24:13 EDT 1999


And they can be done automatically via DHCP



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Subject: Re: IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest
Authentication


except most of the configuration is done from the op panel and things like
ip
address, dns gateway, net mask are all NUMBERS.

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moore%cs.utk.edu at interlock.lexmark.com on 04/22/99 03:17:52 PM

To:   Don Wright at LEXMARK
cc:   moore%cs.utk.edu at interlock.lexmark.com,
      paulmo%microsoft.com at interlock.lexmark.com,
      ipp%pwg.org at interlock.lexmark.com
Subject:  Re: IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest Authentication




> In most cases (99%), the answer is CLEAR TEXT password over the wire.

sure, when you first configure the printer.  and you use that
clear text password to authenticate yourself to the printer,
so that you can tell it "don't allow clear text passwords any more".

the point is that configuring a printer to support a small number
of username/password combinations via http digest is no more
difficult than the other kinds of printer configuration that
already exist.

Keith






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