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 * Available under a friendly [New BSD License](LICENSE)
 
 What's not available out of the box but can be implemented on top of the API:
-* Authentication like Basic Authentication
+* Authentication like [Basic Authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication)
 * Web forms submitted using "multipart/mixed"
 
 What's not supported (but not really required from an embedded HTTP server):