Re: [squid-users] Squid bug? IE bug? or ?

ons 2003-02-12 klockan 13.57 skrev Harald Flory:

> We experienced this problem only with IE6 SP1.
>
> The following setting solved the problem:
>
> unset the folling optionform the IE6 menu:
> German Version of IE6 SP1:
> Extras - Internet Optionen - Erweitert - Kurze HTTP Fehlermeldungen anzeigen
>
> Sorry I do not have an english Version of IE6 SP1 so roughly translated:
> unset the following option in the Internet Explorer Menu:
> Extra - Internet Options - Extended (or advanced?) - Show short HTTP error
> messages
>
> I know it doesn't make much sense but after changing this option we do not
> have to reload a page after starting IE.

Welcome to the world of buggy web browsers ;-)

The option in english is something like "Show user friendly HTTP error
messages". What it does is that it simply replaces any error messages
received with what MSIE thinks is a suitable error description, usually
based on the HTTP status code alone..

The HTTP RFC standard defines that user agents SHOULD show received
error messages to the user, allowing the user to take appropriate action
to resolve the situation.

As authentication involves a initial access denial message it is not too
surprising this option has effect on the MSIE authentication bug..

Regards
Henrik

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Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
MARA Systems AB, Sweden