Document HTTP digest authentication support.

Mention some prominent past contributors: Hajimu Umemoto (ipv6), Henry
Whincup (https), Jukka Ukkonen (if-modified-since) and Jean-François
Dockes (digest auth)
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 14, 2008
.Dd January 26, 2010
.Dt FETCH 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -509,9 +509,13 @@ Specifies HTTP authorization parameters as a colon-separated list of
items.
The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm
respectively; further items are scheme-dependent.
Currently, only basic authorization is supported.
Currently, the
.Dq basic
and
.Dq digest
authorization methods are supported.
.Pp
Basic authorization requires two parameters: the user name and
Both methods require two parameters: the user name and
password, in that order.
.Pp
This variable is only used if the server requires authorization and
@ -656,12 +660,14 @@ The
.Nm fetch
library was mostly written by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org
with numerous suggestions from
with numerous suggestions and contributions from
.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq jkh@FreeBSD.org ,
.An Eugene Skepner Aq eu@qub.com
and other
.Fx
developers.
.An Eugene Skepner Aq eu@qub.com ,
.An Hajimu Umemoto Aq ume@FreeBSD.org ,
.An Henry Whincup Aq henry@techiebod.com ,
.An Jukka A. Ukkonen Aq jau@iki.fi ,
.An Jean-Fran\(,cois Dockes Aq jf@dockes.org
and others.
It replaces the older
.Nm ftpio
library written by