HTTP Monitor that follows redirects

Will the application accept basic authentication? Or does it only use NLTM? If the former, you could include an auth header in the monitor send string. The header name is Authorization and the value should be a base64 encoded user:pass. The send string would be something like:

 

 

GET /monitor_page.asp\r\nAuthorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz\r\nHost: \r\nConnection: close\r\n

 

 

If it's NTLM you couldn't use a standard HTTP monitor to authenticate against the application as it requires multiple dynamic HTTP requests to perform the authentication. I think curl supports NTLM auth though, so you could potentially write an external monitor which references curl to do this.

 

 

Aaron