Digest authentication for WebDAV?

Thanks for the prompt reply, John. It certainly answers my question. This tidbit of information would be a useful addition to WebFaction's WebDAV docs, otherwise there's no reason to assume digest authentication is unsupported.

When you say the shared Apache instance only supports basic authentication I assume you're referring only to WebDAV; I use digest authentication for vanilla HTTP requests to the shared server without any problems. This also begs the question of whether there's a good reason digest authentication is unsupported for WebDAV requests (it is, after all, recommended in the mod_webdav docs) or whether that just happens to be the way things are.

When you say the shared Apache instance only supports basic authentication I assume you're referring only to WebDAV

That's correct - when you install a WebDAV app via our control panel, it's configured for basic authentication in httpd.conf. The AuthType cannot be overridden via .htaccess.

This also begs the question of whether there's a good reason digest authentication is unsupported for WebDAV requests (it is, after all, recommended in the mod_webdav docs) or whether that just happens to be the way things are.

It's mostly just the way things are. I'll pass your questions along to our sysadmins for consideration, eg the possibility of making digest authentication an option for WebDAV apps.

I'll pass your questions along to our sysadmins for consideration, eg the possibility of making digest authentication an option for WebDAV apps.

Cool. Tnx.

Would be really great to have digest authentication for WebDAV, because running Baikal (CardDAV/CalDAV) would be possible

Ok, we'll look into adding that to our docs.