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11.5.10 AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects

handle_authentication_request(authreq, host, req, headers)

authreq should be the name of the header where the information about the realm is included in the request, host should be the host to authenticate to, req should be the (failed) Request object, and headers should be the error headers.

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Release 2.2p1, documentation updated on March 29, 2002.