KB183730 - HTML Administrator Doesn't Work Through Proxy with NTLM

Article ID: 183730

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q183730

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SUMMARY

When you administer your Web server with Internet Service Manager (HTML) through a proxy connection, you cannot use Windows NT Challenge/Response (NTLM) authentication.

MORE INFORMATION

Proxy servers will only allow your Web server to use Basic authentication.

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