Article ID: 290785
Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q290785
SYMPTOMS
When Windows Authentication mode is enabled on your Commerce Server 2000 site, you may experience various problems during the authentication process. These errors may cause the following problems:
- Some firewalls may silently drop invalid responses.
- Internet Explorer may stop responding (hang) when you access the Commerce Server site over a proxy.
CAUSE
The Commerce Server Authentication filter can return the following incorrect responses if Windows Authentication Mode is enabled:
- A response that is missing the Content-Length field from the HTTP response header.
- The body of a redirect response that is not correctly terminated with a carriage return/line feed (CR/LF).
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Commerce Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
297216 INFO: How to Obtain the Latest Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Commerce Server 2000. This problem was first corrected in Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack 1.
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