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Digest Authentication

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Digest Authentication allows a web client to compute MD5 hashes of the password to prove it has the password.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Pii65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Digest Authentications
possessive
Digest Authentication's
pluralpossessive
Digest Authentications'