Re: problem using authentication in ftp

IE does not understand that 401 replies on FTP URL's indicates that
further authentication is required by the user..

Only way to provide the password in IE is to use the full URL syntax:

ftp://user:password@server/path/to/file

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
lgr@INTRINsec.com wrote:
> 
> Hi ...
> 
> I've tried to understand my problem using a default configuration and
> the current config of my squid box.
> When i use the url ftp://ftp@mydomain.com/, squid answers me a 401
> ou a 403 code (depending on the configuration i use).
> 
> When the code 403 is returned (forbidden), i don't expect anything to
> word.
> But, when the code 401 (not authorized) is returned, nothing more happens.
> I thought that my browser (ie5) should understand the 401, send me a box
> where
> i can enter the password, and my browser should send back an authentication
> header.
> 
> Has anyone ever seen this issue ?
> 
>         Laurent.
> 
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