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| author | Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> | 2020-12-22 22:11:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> | 2020-12-22 22:11:28 -0500 |
| commit | 7a0cef1bfdba2b44b9d3865feca99856f5f35fe1 (patch) | |
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mention "HTTP basic auth"; add rfc link
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diff --git a/libeufin/concepts.rst b/libeufin/concepts.rst index 9cfc13e4..157d6fe3 100644 --- a/libeufin/concepts.rst +++ b/libeufin/concepts.rst @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ Nexus Users The concept of a *nexus user* is used to implement access control to the operations that the nexus provides. -A user has a login name and a (salted, hashed) password. (Other authentication -methods could be added in the future.) +A user has a login name and a (salted, hashed) password. +This is the `HTTP basic auth <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617>`_ method. +(Other authentication methods could be added in the future.) A nexus user can be marked as *superuser*. All permission checks are skipped for superusers. Only superusers are allowed to create/modify other users. |