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11.5.10 AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-3075' class="method">handle_authentication_request</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
<td><var>authreq, host, req, headers</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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<var>authreq</var> should be the name of the header where the information about
the realm is included in the request, <var>host</var> should be the host to
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