> I have removed Anonymous access in IIS5 thru Directory > Security tab for each website. Now accessing thru IE requires > NT authentication, which is great and I connect; But when I > use Netscape 4.75 it does not accept the NT login/pwd. It > seems to me that Netscape is not allowing or screwing up > something, while IE has no such problem. > > Is there any setup on the browser that is required so that > a netscape browser can access the website? I want to avoid > upgrading to an newer version of Netscape browser.
I don't think you'd be able to login with any version of Netscape. It sounds like you've enabled Windows Authentication, but not Basic Authentication. By default, in IIS 5, both anonymous login and Windows Authentication are enabled. Within the same screen that you used to disable anonymous login, there's an option for Basic Authentication. Select that, and then Netscape clients should be able to authenticate successfully. IE is the only web client which supports Windows Authentication. Also, you may need to do a couple of other things. First, if your users all belong to the same domain, you might select that domain as the default logon domain (within the same screen mentioned above). If you don't select a domain, users may have to enter the domain and username within the Netscape username field (like this: "domain\username"). Second, accounts using Basic Authentication either require the "log on locally" right or the "access this computer from the network" right - I forget which, but I think it's the first one. Keep in mind, though, that when you use Basic Authentication, the user's NT password is passed over the network within a simple encoding in plaintext, making it relatively easy for someone who can monitor traffic to find the password. Windows Authentication doesn't do this; it's a little safer. If you can, you might use SSL to protect your Basic Authentication. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
