Here is the HTTP dump from requesting the protected page, entering my
username/password 3 times and receiving the authorization error page 
from the Validator. 

For some reason the Validator is not sending along the authorization
credentials.

 --> C04 --> S06 ==== (4.500) Request <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 --> C04 --> S06 GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1
 --> C04 --> S06 TE: deflate,gzip;q=0.3
 --> C04 --> S06 Connection: TE, close
 --> C04 --> S06 Host: misha-server1:6000
 --> C04 --> S06 User-Agent: W3C_Validator/1.305.2.149 libwww-perl/5.79
 --> C04 --> S06 ==== Body 0 bytes

 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== (4.510) Response 401 to <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 <-- C04 <-- S06 HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:19:47 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Server: Apache/2.0
 <-- C04 <-- S06 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CEC"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Set-Cookie: CP_GUTC=128.107.196.21.1102713587436069; path=/; expires=Tue, 04-Dec-29 21:19:47 GMT; domain=.cisco.com
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:14:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ETag: "34623-3374-b88c0c00"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Length: 13172
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Connection: close
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== Body 13172 bytes

 --> C04 --> S06 ==== (4.920) Request <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 --> C04 --> S06 GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1
 --> C04 --> S06 TE: deflate,gzip;q=0.3
 --> C04 --> S06 Connection: TE, close
 --> C04 --> S06 Host: misha-server1:6000
 --> C04 --> S06 User-Agent: W3C_Validator/1.305.2.149 libwww-perl/5.79
 --> C04 --> S06 ==== Body 0 bytes

 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== (4.929) Response 401 to <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 <-- C04 <-- S06 HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:19:47 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Server: Apache/2.0
 <-- C04 <-- S06 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CEC"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Set-Cookie: CP_GUTC=128.107.196.21.1102713587854681; path=/; expires=Tue, 04-Dec-29 21:19:47 GMT; domain=.cisco.com
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:14:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ETag: "34623-3374-b88c0c00"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Length: 13172
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Connection: close
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== Body 13172 bytes

 --> C04 --> S06 ==== (9.096) Request <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 --> C04 --> S06 GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1
 --> C04 --> S06 TE: deflate,gzip;q=0.3
 --> C04 --> S06 Connection: TE, close
 --> C04 --> S06 Host: misha-server1:6000
 --> C04 --> S06 User-Agent: W3C_Validator/1.305.2.149 libwww-perl/5.79
 --> C04 --> S06 ==== Body 0 bytes

 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== (9.105) Response 401 to <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 <-- C04 <-- S06 HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:19:52 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Server: Apache/2.0
 <-- C04 <-- S06 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CEC"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Set-Cookie: CP_GUTC=128.107.196.21.1102713592030624; path=/; expires=Tue, 04-Dec-29 21:19:52 GMT; domain=.cisco.com
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:14:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ETag: "34623-3374-b88c0c00"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Length: 13172
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Connection: close
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== Body 13172 bytes

 --> C04 --> S06 ==== (21.751) Request <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 --> C04 --> S06 GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1
 --> C04 --> S06 TE: deflate,gzip;q=0.3
 --> C04 --> S06 Connection: TE, close
 --> C04 --> S06 Host: misha-server1:6000
 --> C04 --> S06 User-Agent: W3C_Validator/1.305.2.149 libwww-perl/5.79
 --> C04 --> S06 ==== Body 0 bytes

 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== (21.761) Response 401 to <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 <-- C04 <-- S06 HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:20:04 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Server: Apache/2.0
 <-- C04 <-- S06 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CEC"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Set-Cookie: CP_GUTC=128.107.196.21.1102713604686081; path=/; expires=Tue, 04-Dec-29 21:20:04 GMT; domain=.cisco.com
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:14:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ETag: "34623-3374-b88c0c00"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Length: 13172
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Connection: close
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== Body 13172 bytes

 --> C04 --> S06 ==== (25.211) Request <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 --> C04 --> S06 GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1
 --> C04 --> S06 TE: deflate,gzip;q=0.3
 --> C04 --> S06 Connection: TE, close
 --> C04 --> S06 Host: misha-server1:6000
 --> C04 --> S06 User-Agent: W3C_Validator/1.305.2.149 libwww-perl/5.79
 --> C04 --> S06 ==== Body 0 bytes

 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== (25.220) Response 401 to <GET /wpr/empserv/cafes/amerus/feedback_comments.shtml HTTP/1.1>
 <-- C04 <-- S06 HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:20:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Server: Apache/2.0
 <-- C04 <-- S06 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CEC"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Set-Cookie: CP_GUTC=128.107.196.21.1102713608145289; path=/; expires=Tue, 04-Dec-29 21:20:08 GMT; domain=.cisco.com
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:14:08 GMT
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ETag: "34623-3374-b88c0c00"
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Length: 13172
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
 <-- C04 <-- S06 Connection: close
 <-- C04 <-- S06 ==== Body 13172 bytes