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Digest Authentication

nounid 2320·updated May 9, 2026
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Digest Authentication allows a web client to compute MD5 hashes of the password to prove it has the password.

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No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

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

Variants

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

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Digest Authentication allows a web client to compute MD5 hashes of the password to prove it has the password.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Digest Authentication allows a web client to compute MD5 hashes of the password to prove it has the password.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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