0.18.2: What is basic authentication?

The basic authentication approach is familiar to many Web server administrators and users. It represents a basic form of authentication, in which the security service requests an identifier and password combination from a user when the user attempts to access a resource.

After the user offers an identifier and password, the security service validates the ID and password pair against the user registry. If the user-provided information is valid, the security system considers the user authenticated.

The database of user information can take one or more of the forms described in article 0.18.8.