Long: digest
Help: Use HTTP Digest Authentication
Protocols: HTTP
Mutexed: basic ntlm negotiate
See-also: user proxy-digest anyauth
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Enables HTTP Digest authentication. This is an authentication scheme that
prevents the password from being sent over the wire in clear text. Use this in
combination with the normal --user option to set user name and password.

If this option is used several times, only the first one is used.