Jeff, I guess the question is how would it work? First off, I didn't think AOLserver supported digest authentication. But maybe that isn't what is being talked about here.
I think I'd rather leave it to someone who thinks this is important to actually write up a working example. It seems pretty useless trying to convince someone who prefers MySQL over PG or Oracle to take my word for it anyway.
Andrew S, given all your other reservations about OpenACS listed in another thread, I would recommend looking elsewhere for your CMS solution. This one obviously isn't it. There are lots of products out there that meet your stated needs.
Advice is worth what you pay for it. So here is some: if you visit France, don't complain that they don't speak English. If you visit MIT, don't complain that there are a bunch of geeks hanging around and in your way. And if you don't like the length of your foot, get into therapy.