Re: IE prompts for username, Mozilla does not!

From: David Wang [Msft] (someone_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:00:57 -0700

What you are asking about is a client-side behavior that cannot be dictated
by server-side configuration. So no, there is no easy way to do this without
it being a security hole in IE.

IE has decided that for access to the "Internet", it is not going to
broadcast the local user's name and password to the website unless it
requires authentication -- a fairly secure choice.

In general, in an Intranet scenario, you should have control of the clients
to make them treat your website as "intranet", which then enables automatic
logon and avoids the login prompt. In an Internet scenario, users have no
relation to each other (no guarantee that the remote user has an account to
login with on your server), so the IE behavior is desirable. 

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//David
IIS
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"Mark" <anonymous@devdex.com> wrote in message
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Hi - I've noticed if I go into IE Options, Security, then Security
Settings for the Internet, and then under User Authentication/Logon, I
select Anonymouse Logon - IE no longer prompts me for username and
password.
Do I have to have this instruction on my front pgae, asking my users to
change their IE settings?
Is there any easier way of accomplishing this, without seemingly asking
users to change security settings?
Thanks, Mark
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