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Q275123: FP: Prompts for User Name/Password w/Digest Authentication

Article: Q275123
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 08-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows 
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and 2002 version of this article, see Q291373.

SYMPTOMS
========

When you attempt to use Microsoft FrontPage 97 or Microsoft FrontPage 98 to
author a Web site that uses Digest Authentication, you are continually prompted
for a user name and password.

NOTE: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) versions 5.0 and later can
use a form of Internet security called Digest Authentication, which is defined
in RFC 2069. For more information, see the "References" section later in this
article.

CAUSE
=====

Although Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0 and later can use Digest
Authentication, FrontPage 97 and 98 do not support this type of authentication.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this behavior, use one of the following authentication methods:

- Windows Integrated Security on Microsoft Windows 2000.
- Windows NTLM on Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows
  Millennium Edition (Me), and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
- Basic/Clear Text on all versions of Windows.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES
==========

For additional information about Digest Authentication, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q264921 How IIS Authenticates Browser Clients

  Q222028 Setting Up Digest Authentication for Use with IIS 5.0

To view the specification for Digest Authentication, see the following:

  RFC 2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication

Additional query words: front page fp98 fp97 97 98 frontpage98 frontpage97

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage97 _IKkbZNotKeyword4 kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPage98Search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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