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* nsIChannel as opposed to nsIURI allows inspecting the securityInfo of the channel to determine the quality of the SSL encryption | * nsIChannel as opposed to nsIURI allows inspecting the securityInfo of the channel to determine the quality of the SSL encryption | ||
* Added authenticationScheme (RFC 2617 wording) to nsIAuthInformation to provide more information to the impl (they can always ignore the field if they don't care). this will be basic, digest, etc. | * Added authenticationScheme (RFC 2617 wording) to nsIAuthInformation to provide more information to the impl (they can always ignore the field if they don't care). this will be basic, digest, etc. | ||
** The level is still useful, for SSL and for not requiring the impl to understand all possible schemes, and also for non-HTTP protocols | |||