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Re: [XHR] Failed authentication user interaction

From: Alexey Proskuryakov <aproskuryakov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:40:16 +0400
Message-ID: <4edacb3a0707150240l6ec1e31v4f398c537db45dd4@mail.gmail.com>
To: public-webapi@w3.org 
2007/7/12, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap-carbon@rambler.ru>:
>
> However, Firefox and IE only ask the user once, and handle the request as
> success with response status 401 if that fails.


Actually, I think I described Firefox/IE behavior incorrectly. I do get
repeated prompts for confirmation if the credentials are incorrect, but if
the users cancels the authentication sheet, the HTTP status is set to 401.


- WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
Received on Sunday, 15 July 2007 09:40:19 GMT

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