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+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/bobziuchkovski/digest?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/bobziuchkovski/digest)
+
+# Golang HTTP Digest Authentication
+
+## Overview
+
+This is a fork of the (unmaintained) code.google.com/p/mlab-ns2/gae/ns/digest package.
+There's a descriptor leak in the original package, so this fork was created to patch
+the leak.
+
+## Usage
+
+See the [godocs](https://godoc.org/github.com/bobziuchkovski/digest) for details.
+
+## Fork Maintainer
+
+Bob Ziuchkovski (@bobziuchkovski)
+
+## Original Authors
+
+Bipasa Chattopadhyay <bipasa@cs.unc.edu>
+Eric Gavaletz <gavaletz@gmail.com>
+Seon-Wook Park <seon.wook@swook.net>
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0