how is my information used

In addition to the common configuration Digest authentication supports the following keys:

  • realm The realm authentication is for. Defaults to the servername.
  • nonce A nonce used for authentication. Defaults to uniqid().
  • qop Defaults to auth; no other values are supported at this time.
  • opaque A string that must be returned unchanged by clients. Defaults to md5($config['realm']).