#395: Explain the use of BASIC_AUTH in the docs (#396)

hyperledger-iroha · Sep 7, 2023 · 197d1ef · 197d1ef
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@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ these accounts belong to different domains, `wonderland` and
 
 ## Basic Authentication Credentials
 
-Provide basic authentication credentials (login and password):
+The idea of basic authentication credentials is to provide the access control using a web server with a reverse proxy like [Nginx](https://www.nginx.com/) while these credentials are ignored by the Iroha peers.
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+The login and password will be filled by the client and used for the [`Authorization`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization) HTTP [header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers).
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+Use this style of configuration to provide the basic authentication credentials (login and password):
 
 ```json
   "BASIC_AUTH": {