WMS Digest Authentication - general properties

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WMS Digest Authentication - general properties

The WMS Digest Authentication plug-in uses hashed encryption to send user names, passwords, and realm information over the network. It is the preferred method for providing secure passwords over the Internet. The server only needs the realm the publishing point or server belongs to in order to obtain the correct decryption key; it does not need the user name or password. You can configure the following option for this plug-in.

Item	Description
Realm	Type the domain to which the publishing point or server belongs. If you do not specify the realm, the user must provide the fully qualified domain name and the user name to obtain access to the server.

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To use the WMS Digest Authentication plug-in, Windows Media Services must be part of a Microsoft Active Directory™ domain. The domain controller for the Active Directory domain must be a computer running Windows Server 2003.
Digest authentication is only supported by Windows Media Player 9 Series or a player that uses the Windows Media Player 9 Series ActiveX control. Users that attempt to connect using a previous version of the Player will not be able to be authenticated and they will receive an "Access denied" message.
The WMS Digest Authentication plug-in is available only if Windows Media Services 9 Series is running on the following editions of the operating system: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. If you are running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, this feature is not supported.