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11. Security Considerations
11.1 Authentication of Clients
As mentioned in Section 10.1, the Basic authentication scheme is not considered to be a secure method of user authentication, nor does it prevent the Entity-Body from being transmitted in clear text across the physical network used as the carrier. HTTP/1.0 does not prevent additional authentication schemes and encryption mechanisms to be employed to increase security.
T. Berners-Lee, R. T. Fielding, H. Frystyk Nielsen - 12 MAR 95
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