[WinMac] Re: Proxy server

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Sat, 1 May 1999 16:11:51 -0500

> I have been asked by a client to find out about an issue he has
>with his Mac's and their NT Proxy server. Every time they go to a page via
>Explorer it asks for a user name and password. Even if you have remember
>password checked, the box will still come up. When he clicks ok, the page
>he wants appears. Sometimes it even comes up during a download of the page.
>
> Is this a Mac setting, a Proxy setting or a bug. The pc's don't do it!!
>
> Any ideas would be most welcome.

Check the authentication method on the proxy server. I'm not sure about
proxy, but on IIS for example, if the authentication is anything other
than Basic Authentication (maybe NT Challenge / Response) the Macs won't
go through. In your case the Macs are going through, but I would still
check it. Also check to see if between the Mac and the proxy server (and
then the outside if necessary) there are more than one authenticating
server... For example an SQL database that you need to go through or some
such other "nonsense" ;)

And finally make sure that the proxy server has 'HTTP Keep Alives'
checked on. I'm pretty sure MS's proxy server has that option. I can
check on Monday.

This is all speculation, just ideas, so, sorry if it sounds ludicrous.

Alex Dearden
MCSE
pata@doglover.com

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