Article ID: 294838
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
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SYMPTOMS
If Internet Explorer is configured to use a proxy automatic configuration (PAC) file, Internet Explorer may incorrectly send a CONNECT request to a Web server after receiving a 302 redirect from an HTTPS server. You can see this behavior in a network trace or a Wininet log file. The error message that is displayed in Internet Explorer may vary, but the actual error response that is returned by most Web servers is "Server Error 500. Method not allowed."
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name Platform
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3/24/2001 9:57:44PM 5.50.4615.2400 479,504 Wininet.dll Intel
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, disable Internet Explorer automatic proxy caching. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
271361 How to Disable Internet Explorer Automatic Proxy Caching
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.5 Service Pack 2.
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