Re: [XHR] Failed authentication user interaction

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:40:16 +0200, Alexey Proskuryakov  
<aproskuryakov@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I don't think this should be explicitly stated in the draft though. This  
is how servers are supposed to respond, after all.


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Wednesday, 25 July 2007 09:53:03 UTC