Overview#
Digest SSP is a Security Support Provider as used in the Microsoft Active Directory Security Support Provider Interface as used within the Windows Client Authentication ArchitectureDigest SSP (Wdigest.dll) is the preferred authentication protocol for certain applications, such as LDAP and HTTPS.
Digest SSP is used for the following:
- Internet Explorer (IE) and Internet Information Services (IIS) access.
- LDAP queries.
The DIGEST-MD5 is shown as a SASL Mechanism within the SupportedSASLMechanisms attribute of Microsoft Active Directory.