[taler-docs] branch master updated: mention "HTTP basic auth"; add rfc link

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     new 7a0cef1  mention "HTTP basic auth"; add rfc link
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commit 7a0cef1bfdba2b44b9d3865feca99856f5f35fe1
Author: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 22 22:11:28 2020 -0500

    mention "HTTP basic auth"; add rfc link
---
 libeufin/concepts.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libeufin/concepts.rst b/libeufin/concepts.rst
index 9cfc13e..157d6fe 100644
--- a/libeufin/concepts.rst
+++ b/libeufin/concepts.rst
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ Nexus Users
 The concept of a *nexus user* is used to implement access control to the
 operations that the nexus provides.
 
-A user has a login name and a (salted, hashed) password. (Other authentication
-methods could be added in the future.)
+A user has a login name and a (salted, hashed) password.
+This is the `HTTP basic auth <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617>`_ method.
+(Other authentication methods could be added in the future.)
 
 A nexus user can be marked as *superuser*.  All permission checks are skipped
 for superusers.  Only superusers are allowed to create/modify other users.

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