initial auth module w/ httpbasic auth

diff --git a/requests/auth.py b/requests/auth.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+requests.auth
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This module contains the authentication handlers for Requests.
+"""
+
+from base64 import encodestring as base64
+
+def http_basic(r, username, password):
+    """Attaches HTTP Basic Authentication to the given Request object.
+    Arguments should be considered non-positional.
+
+    """
+
+    auth_s = base64('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
+    r.headers['Authorization'] = ('Basic %s' % auth_s)
+
+    return r
+
+
+def http_digest(r, username, password):
+    """Attaches HTTP Digest Authentication to the given Request object.
+    Arguments should be considered non-positional.
+    """
+
+    r.headers
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