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Digest HTTP Authentication

Provides Digest Authentication support for HTTP-based source connectors.

ItemNameDescription
ARealmThe protection space for this server.
BAlgorithms

Specifies the digest algorithms supported by this server.

  • MD5: The security data A1 contains the username, realm, and password.
  • MD5-sess: The security data A1 will also contain the server and client nonces.
  • Both: Both MD5 and MD5-sess.
CQOP Modes

The quality of protection modes to support.

  • auth: Regular authentication with client nonce and count in the digest.
  • auth-int: Same as auth (regular authentication), but also with message integrity protection enabled.
DOpaqueA string of data that should be returned by the client unchanged. Velocity Variable Replacement is supported in this field. The default value, ${UUID}, means that a randomly generated universally unique identifier will be sent back on each digest challenge.
ECredentials

  • Use Table: When selected, use the Credentials table (E) to populate credentials.

    To Use the Table
    • Select New
    • Double-click the Username field and enter a username for the credential.

    • Double-click the Password field and enter a password for the credential.

      Note:

      At least one username/password pair is required for the credentials.
  • Use Map: When selected, the Java map specified by the following variable will is used to populate credentials. The map must have String keys and either String or List<String> values.