Proxy-Authorization
The HTTP Proxy-Authorization
request header contains the
credentials to authenticate a user agent to a proxy server, usually after the server has
responded with a 407
Proxy Authentication Required
status
and the Proxy-Authenticate
header.
Header type | Request header |
---|---|
Forbidden header name | no |
Syntax
http
Proxy-Authorization: <type> <credentials>
Directives
- <type>
-
Authentication type. A common type is "Basic". See also the IANA registry of Authentication schemes.
- <credentials>
-
The credentials are constructed like this:
-
The username and the password are combined with a colon
(
aladdin:opensesame
). -
The resulting string is base64
encoded (
YWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuc2VzYW1l
).
Note: Base64 encoding does not mean encryption or hashing! This method is as secure as sending the credentials in clear text (base64 is a reversible encoding). It is preferable to use HTTPS in conjunction with Basic Authentication.
-
The username and the password are combined with a colon
(
Examples
http
Proxy-Authorization: Basic YWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuc2VzYW1l
Specifications
Specification |
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Unknown specification # field.proxy-authorization |