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Explain BASIC authentication.

Basic authentication is a simple authentication scheme built into the HTTP protocol. The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header that contains the word Basic word followed by a space and a base64-encoded string username:password.

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Spring / Spring Security

Explain BASIC authentication.

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