What is the “realm” in basic authentication
I'm setting up basic authentication on a php site and found this page on the php manual showing the set up. What does "realm" mean here in the header? header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"'); Is it the page page being requested? Tim Cooper From RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication referenced by HTTP/1.1) The realm attribute (case-insensitive) is required for all authentication schemes which issue a challenge. The realm value (case-sensitive), in combination with the canonical root URL of the server being accessed, defines the protection space. These realms allow the