Apache Authentication - ApacheCon 2005
Digest
Username/Password never sent to the server
MD5 hash of name, password, realm
MD5 is a one-way hashing algorithm
Password never stored anywhere in a readable format, and never passed across the network at all.
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ApacheCon 2005 : Apache Authentication - Slide #21 of 45