commit 7a0cef1bfdba2b44b9d3865feca99856f5f35fe1 parent c4715b175841c6c36d9bd33a8c2175741d6bc508 Author: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:11:28 -0500 mention "HTTP basic auth"; add rfc link Diffstat:
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diff --git 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.