Article ID: 898073
Article Last Modified on 4/9/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
SYMPTOMS
When you try to use digest proxy authentication to connect to secure (HTTPS) Web sites, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 may unexpectedly close. This problem occurs when Internet Explorer connects to secure Web sites by using the Microsoft Windows Internet (WinINet) API together with digest proxy authentication.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the Wininet.dll file incorrectly handles HTTP 407 error codes that occur during digest proxy authentication.
RESOLUTION
This problem is fixed in Windows Internet Explorer 7. To obtain Internet Explorer 7, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003
Hotfix information
To resolve this problem, apply the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
931299 FIX: Internet Explorer 6 may unexpectedly close when you try to use digest proxy authentication to connect to secure (HTTPS) Web sites
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use the HTTPS protocol. Additionally, you can use a different proxy authentication method, such as NTLM or Kerberos.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer 6. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
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