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spec: Expand on how tcp connections are normally authenticated

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Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106004
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>
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Simon McVittie 2018-04-12 13:55:25 +01:00
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</para>
<para>
On Windows and most Unix platforms, the TCP stack is unable to transfer
credentials over a TCP connection, so the EXTERNAL authentication
mechanism does not work for this transport.
credentials over a TCP connection, so the
<link linkend="auth-mechanisms-external">EXTERNAL</link>
authentication mechanism does not work for this transport.
The <link linkend="auth-mechanisms-sha">DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1</link>
mechanism is normally used instead.
</para>
<para>
Developers are sometimes tempted to use remote TCP as a debugging