Re: [SQU] IBM Host On Demand

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Adam Lang wrote:

> Finally, can you explain to me why transparent proxies break the HTTP
> authentication?

They don't break HTTP authentication. They break proxy authentication.
There are two authentication fields available in the HTTP header sent from
the browser. One is for the destination web server, the other for proxy
authentication. If the browser does not believe there is a proxy present,
as is the case with transparent proxies, it will not react to a request
for proxy auth and not send a proxy-auth field in the header.

Colin

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