Re: [squid-users] Kerberos authentication and WMP.

 On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:18:04 +0200, John Down wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We had the same problem, WMP just sucks ... We were using WMP 10.x on
> WinXP and Kerberos-Authentication did not work. Btw, we also have the
> problem with Java-Applications.
> I cannot offer a solution, just a very insecure workaround ... WMP
> will be authenticated by it's User-Agent, which can easily be
> spoofed.
> Functionality over security, which makes me very unhappy, but I have
> no other choice ...
>
> regards,
> Peter

 If you have Windows XP SP2 you might need this:
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;885887

 or following Marcus advice.

 Java applications have a well-known dislike for auth of all kinds. So
 likely a separate issue. WMP _should_ be just fine.

 Amos
Received on Mon Aug 15 2011 - 23:50:09 MDT