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proxy authentication failed in MAc OS 10.8.3

Praveen.selvam
Praveen.selvam
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I am using firefox 21.0 in Mac os 10.8.3.We are using proxy server for browsing.While browsing internet firefox prompts for proxy username and password,after entering the correct user name and password it shows proxy authentication failed,Another round of authentication required.The same user name and pssword in working fine in safari in the same mac book.


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I am using firefox 21.0 in Mac os 10.8.3.We are using proxy server for browsing.While browsing internet firefox prompts for proxy username and password,after entering the correct user name and password it shows proxy authentication failed,Another round of authentication required.The same user name and pssword in working fine in safari in the same mac book. Plz Help

Solution eye eponami

Dear Dawid,

Thanks for your valuable reply.

Thanks a lot

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rmldsky
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Hi There!

Please check the solution mentioned here: http://kb.globalscape.com/KnowledgebaseArticle10522.aspx I remember someone else also suggested setting this option network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies to false as well.

Hope this helps!

Have a good one!

Dawid

Praveen.selvam
Praveen.selvam Nkolo motuna
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Dear Dawid

Thanks for the reply

After changing the above settings its working fine.

can i know what these two changes does in the firefox

rmldsky
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Glad it worked for you!

network.negotiate-auth.allow-proxies Enable/disable SPNEGO by default when challenged by a proxy server.

network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies Enable/disable automatic use of the operating system's NTLM implementation to silently authenticate the user with their Windows domain logon with proxy servers.

I am not an expert on this topic and base my reply on what I've found on the web, but you may have a look here for better understanding of how authentication works in Firefox:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Integrated_Authentication

Praveen.selvam
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Solution eye oponami

Dear Dawid,

Thanks for your valuable reply.

Thanks a lot