Microsoft KB Archive/908535

= A user receives a friendly error page instead of a custom error page when the user accesses a secure Web site by using Internet Explorer 6 =

Article ID: 908535

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
You configure a Web server or a proxy server to return a custom error page. However, a user may receive a friendly error page instead of the custom error page when the user accesses a secure Web site.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 closes the connection when a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) host returns an error. Therefore, the socket is closed. Internet Explorer does not read the custom error page if the custom error page is in the closed socket.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, redirect users to another Web page instead of directly returning a custom error page.



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



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the terms that are used in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbpubtypekc KB908535

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