Microsoft KB Archive/275123

= Repeated prompts for user name and password with Digest Authentication =

Article ID: 275123

Article Last Modified on 7/3/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q275123





For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and Microsoft FrontPage 2002 version of this article, see 291373.



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 &quot;References&quot; 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.

Note Basic authentication should be used only with SSL to secure user names and passwords.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

