Re: IIS Authentication Methods

From: Lisa Cozzens [MSFT] (lcozzens@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/18/03


From: lcozzens@online.microsoft.com (Lisa Cozzens [MSFT])
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:27:19 GMT


Yes, if you open those ports on the firewall, NTLM should work... unless
there's a proxy server sitting somewhere else between the client and the
server. For example, many corporations have proxy servers set up, so
employees coming from those corporations will have to pass through a proxy
server to get to your IIS server. If the corporation's proxy server doesn't
support NTLM, those employees won't be able to authenticate. In that case,
there's nothing you can do -- that proxy server is outside of your control.

Lisa

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> Subject: Re: IIS Authentication Methods
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:34:06 +0800
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> Yes, based on this kb
> INFO: How IIS Authenticates Browser Clients
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=264921
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> My concern here is firewall. that NTLM doesn't support
> proxy and netscape and certain internet devices.
> how about firewall ? if I can configure firewall for the...
>
> How to Configure a Firewall for Domains and Trusts
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=179442
>
> Am I right to say that - NTLM will work on this ?
> since the user token able to pass-through the fw.
>
> Rgds.
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> "Lisa Cozzens [MSFT]" <lcozzens@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > That's not correct. What happens is that the browser first tries to
> > authenticate anonymously. IIS of course rejects that request and sends
> back
> > a 401.2 "Login failed due to server configuration." In that response, it
> > also sends one or more WWW-Authenticate headers stating which
> > authentication mechanisms it supports. The browser selects from that
list
> > and sends the credentials over using the selected mechanism.
> >
> > So if you have only Integrated authentication enabled, IIS will *not*
send
> > a WWW-Authenticate: Basic header. When Netscape receives the list of
> > supported authentication mechanisms, it will realize that it doesn't
> > support any of them and just return the 401.2 error in the browser to
the
> > user. Netscape will *not* try to send any authentication information.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
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> > > From: "Stephen L Nicoud" <nicouds@hotmail.com>
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> > > > When you use Netscape to access a site with both authentication
> methods
> > > > enabled, Netscape will use Basic authentication, because it doesn't
> > > > understand Integrated authentication.
> > > Might be a good time to point out that some time ago one person in the
> > newsgroups claimed to do a netmon on the messages between Netscape and
IIS
> > when on NT Challenge / Response is enabled on the IIS server. He
claimed
> > that Netscape responded by prompting the user for credentials which, if
> the
> > user provided them, it tried to send back via Basic Authentication. The
> > Netscape user is not successful in gaining access, but if true, this
would
> > mean that if you only employ NTCR (IWA) and if a valid user mistakenly
> uses
> > Netscape and provides credentials to the prompt, the username and
password
> > will go over the wire in clear text. If one uses SSL regardless of the
> > authentication mechanism chosen, then this would not be a problem.
> > >
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