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rluyster
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Apr 15, 2008

Prompting for passwords

I have set up a virtual server with only one server behind it. It is a simple HTTP connection, however when I try to access the application, I am prompted to enter my userid and password. When accessi...
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hoolio
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Apr 17, 2008
When clients make a request directly to the server by IP address, do they get the same results as when they access the VIP by IP address?

 

 

I'm not familiar enough with NTLM to know why it would make a difference whether the client makes a request by IP or port. Does anyone else have ideas?

 

 

Else, this page has a good quick summary of the NTLM:

 

 

NTLM Authentication Scheme for HTTP

 

http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html

 

 

Aaron