- From: Yves Lafon <ylafon@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:18:35 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Zahid Ahmed <zahid.ahmed@commerceone.com>
- cc: www-jigsaw@w3.org
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Zahid Ahmed wrote:
> Is there specific config reqmnts required w.r.t.
> proxy configuration when a Web client running inside
> one firewall, say FW1 with a proxy#1, and Jigsaw
> Web server running in another firewall, say FW2 with a
> proxy#2, s.t. the client sends the Basic Authentication
> data and the Jigsaw Web Server http server completely
> receives the Basic Auth data for authentication?
>
> E.g., do the client-side FW proxies authenticate the
> Basic Auth data in addition to the server proxies
> and ultimately the Jigsaw Web Server?
To authenticate on a proxy, the header used will be Proxy-Authorization,
to authenticate on a server, the header will be "Authorization". As long
as your browser is able to set those two headers, you win :)
Jigsaw configured as a proxy will emit a "Proxy-Autheticate" instead of a
WWW-Authenticate.
If both proxies needs authorization, there is a problem...
However, it can be solved using the ProxyDispatcher on the first proxy,
http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/Doc/Reference/org.w3c.www.protocol.http.proxy.ProxyDispatcher.html
using the proxyauth directive.
Hope this helps,
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Received on Tuesday, 5 October 1999 11:18:52 UTC