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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on July 28, 2007, 2:12 am
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not just a matter of whether the website is configured to negotiate
its use. The browsing client (i.e. IE) must also be configured to
allow its use (in the Internet Options on the Advanced tab) and the
site must be recognized as one with which it will attempt is use
(usually that mean recognizing the site as being in the intranet
zone).
Roger
> Actually I think I spoke too soon.
>
> we have some laptops that need to connect though PC mobile phone cards.
> for some reason I'm not sure they do not seem to want to connect to the
> web site with intergraded security, I think this is what happened last
> time I choose this configuration. I don't have one with me at the moment I
> would have to wait till Monday to find out for sure.
>
> This brings up another question. why wont the laptop's authenticate with
> windows authentication when connecting with pc mobile phone cards?
>
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>>> There is no workaround. The automatic login option in IE works with
>>> integrated authentication only. This is because basic authentication
>>> exposes the password (at both the network and application layers).
>>> Prompting the user is meant as an additional security precaution to
>>> address this exposure.
>>>
>>> Can you enable both integrated and basic authentication on this
>>> intranet site?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think i did try that combination before, i will try again,
>>
>> sorry just tried it seems to be working.
>>
>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> J Wolfgang Goerlich
>>>
>>>> I am currently setting up a intranet that will not be available from
>>>> outside
>>>> the network, also a extranet that will be available from outside the
>>>> network.
>>>> The extranet has basic authentication and SSL. it passes though a ISA
>>>> 2000
>>>> firewall and for various reasons we need to use basic authentication,
>>>> but as
>>>> it is over SSL it is encrypted so it does not matter that basic uses
>>>> clear
>>>> text.
>>>> Certain pages that need to be accessed from outside I will put on the
>>>> extranet but I don't want to have to recreate these pages on the
>>>> intranet
>>>> also so internal users will access these pages from the extranet.
>>>> All seems fine but one point. when internal users access the extranet
>>>> they
>>>> are prompted to log in, even though their browsers are set to log in
>>>> automatically with current username and password. this is annoying to
>>>> say
>>>> the least.
>>>> Is there any solution?
>>>> Is this normal for basic over SSL to prompt even when set to auto login
>>>> in
>>>> IE?
>>>> any suggestions
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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