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authorDan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>2008-11-25 23:23:47 +0000
committerDan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>2008-11-25 23:23:47 +0000
commit640974fb282733c1e9387a168ea4d5748c26fdc3 (patch)
tree5e3712615622e52e4d14d14500cb9f24a25c1708 /tests/FILEFORMAT
parent3b0c5ae46774e8523cb02d6ecb7c2c25ec21e97b (diff)
If a HTTP request is Basic and num is already >=1000, the HTTP test server
adds 1 to num to get the data section to return. This allows testing authentication negotiations using the Basic authentication method.
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@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ of [test case number]%10000.
B) The request was HTTP and included digest details, which adds 1000 to NUM
C) If a HTTP request is NTLM type-1, it adds 1001 to num
D) If a HTTP request is NTLM type-3, it adds 1002 to num
+E) If a HTTP request is Basic and num is already >=1000, it adds 1 to num
+
+Dynamically changing num in this way allows the test harness to be used to
+test authentication negotiation where several different requests must be sent
+to complete a transfer. The response to each request is found in its own data
+section. Validating the entire negotiation sequence can be done by
+specifying a datacheck section.
</dataNUM>
<datacheck [nonewline="yes"]>
if the data is sent but this is what should be checked afterwards. If