RSpec
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
method
authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest
Ruby on Rails latest stable (v5.2.3)
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Class: ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Digest::ControllerMethods
= private
= protected
authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest(realm = "Application", message = nil, &password_procedure)
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tarvaina -
June 4, 2009 - (v2.3.2)
sjmadsen -
April 15, 2009 - (>= v2.3.2)
tarvaina -
June 4, 2009 - (v2.3.2)
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Security hole in 2.3.2
This method has a security hole in Rails 2.3.2. See http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/3/security-problem-with-authenticate_with_http_digest for explanation.
Rails 2.3.3 should fix the problem.
sjmadsen -
April 15, 2009 - (>= v2.3.2)
0 thanks
Testing HTTP Digest authentication
Testing HTTP Digest authentication is a bit tricky. I wrote a post describing how to accomplish it.
http://lightyearsoftware.com/blog/2009/04/testing-http-digest-authentication-in-rails/
Note also that Digest auth is broken for REST actions using PUT or DELETE. There is an open Lighthouse ticket for this, #2490:
rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2490-http-digest-auth-uses-wrong-request-method-for-put-delete
