HTTP_AUTH - UCA for SOA command option
Description
The HTTP_AUTH option specifies the HTTP authentication scheme to use.
If the option is not used, UAC defaults to NONE.
Usage
Method | Syntax | IBM i | HP NonStop | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
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Command Line, Long Form | -httpauth scheme |
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Values
scheme is the HTTP authentication scheme to use.
Valid values for scheme are:
- BASIC
Method designed to allow a client application such as a web browser, or other client program, to provide credentials in the form of a user name and password when making an authenticated HTTP request. - DIGEST
Method designed to allow a client application such as a web browser, or other client program, to negotiate credentials with a web server (using the HTTP protocol).
Digest authentication allows the user identity to be established securely without having to send a password in plaintext over the network. It is basically an application of MD5 cryptographic hashing with usage of nonce values to prevent analysis. - NTLM
NTLM is the most complex of the authentication protocols. It is a proprietary protocol designed by Microsoft with no publicly available specification. - NONE
No HTTP authentication scheme is used.
Default is NONE.