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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Jonathan Bartlett <jo...@wolfram.com> on 1999/07/15 15:54:07 UTC

general/4731: Unable to Authenticate using ProxyPass

>Number:         4731
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Unable to Authenticate using ProxyPass
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 15 09:10:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     johnnyb@wolfram.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Using Red Hat Linux 6.0 w/, but, looking at the source it should occur in all OSs
>Description:
Modern Browsers, even those that claim HTTP/1.1 compliance, do not properly support 407s, Proxy-Authenticate, and Proxy-Authorization headers.  When using a proxy connection, Apache always uses these methods for authentication.  Therefore, browsers are unable to get authorization.
>How-To-Repeat:
Our setup uses a ProxyPass with Authorization requirements on both sides of the Proxy
>Fix:
I have a patch available at http://members.wri.com/johnnyb/
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