From e6b02e130878e0459fd807e3c89aa4f5ab007ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aakash Rana <98454232+aakashranaa@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 15:55:12 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add basic authentication content (#2853) * Intro to Basic Authentication added * Update content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/109-apis/106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md Co-authored-by: Kamran Ahmed --- .../106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/109-apis/106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/109-apis/106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md index 771370c96..652af9ef1 100644 --- a/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/109-apis/106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md +++ b/content/roadmaps/101-backend/content/109-apis/106-authentication/102-basic-authentication.md @@ -1 +1,8 @@ -# Basic authentication \ No newline at end of file +# Basic authentication + +Given the name "Basic Authentication", you should not confuse Basic Authentication with the standard username and password authentication. Basic authentication is a part of the HTTP specification, and the details can be [found in the RFC7617](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7617.html). + +Because it is a part of the HTTP specifications, all the browsers have native support for "HTTP Basic Authentication". + +HTTP Basic Authentication +Illustrated HTTP Basic Authentication