xref: /curl/docs/cmdline-opts/digest.md (revision fe9f68fa)
1---
2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4Long: digest
5Help: HTTP Digest Authentication
6Protocols: HTTP
7Mutexed: basic ntlm negotiate
8Category: proxy auth http
9Added: 7.10.6
10Multi: boolean
11See-also:
12  - user
13  - proxy-digest
14  - anyauth
15Example:
16  - -u name:password --digest $URL
17---
18
19# `--digest`
20
21Enables HTTP Digest authentication. This authentication scheme avoids sending
22the password over the wire in clear text. Use this in combination with the
23normal --user option to set username and password.
24