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IIS and IE vs Mozilla

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Okay I've been facing this problem since long time...

My Setup : WinXP pro SP2 with IIS 5.1

When I access IIS using Internet Explorer everything is fine, pages open up shows stuff and all...

When I access IIS using any Mozilla line-up.. Netscape, FireFox and so..
I'm asked to enter username and password to access webserver.

This was happening since long time, long back when I was using win2k.. but It never bothered me cause I was using IE most of the time... but recently I started using FireFox (everyone knows security hole in IE or IE in security hole)... and this has become annoying. :x

I checked net for answer.. but not much I found about it.

Anyone faced the same or knows answer to my plea??
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Post by ol4pr0 »

Dont wanna start a war or something.. but screw ms IIS and put on Apache.. :)

i believe it is even possible to have asp running on apache, however that is somehting i am not sure off. ( should be a module for that. )
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go! LAMP go!
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Post by igoy »

Well... I have no doubts on the strength of APACHE... but for my home system I've been using IIS since long time, and much more familiar with it than Apache,
I used apache at workplace.. but we shared a very lil direct interaction since my System Admin was in love with Apache and wudn't let me touch server.

Anyways... rite now I have already confugured lot of stuff on my IIS and switching doesn't sound like good idea to me (at least at this moment).. Maybe next time when I'll format my system....
and the way my system is performing (no problems since last one n half year since installation) that formatting could take another year to reach. :D

So rite now I would just like to know if I can fix this naughty boy IIS.
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Post by feyd »

Since IIS is one of the few (outside of Bob) Microsoft products I've avoided I wouldn't be able to tell about that particular aspect, but I suspect it has little to do with the server unless you set it up in a very odd manor. I would guess that you may have something odd in the code that is acting strange against non IE browsers, which is easy to do.

I've avoided it only because 99% of the other admins I've worked with had/have no idea how to configure the server for security and all that fun stuff.. whereas Apache is fairly simple to set up more secure..
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Post by liljester »

IIS should not care what browser you are using... so im a bit confused as to why its asking you to authenticate when in firefox. however, you may want to check the settings for your "directory security" in IIS manager and make sure you have anonymous access turned on.
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Post by WaldoMonster »

Maybe you have setup up IIS with authentication.

Internet explorer has some automatically login for intranet.
User authentication > Logon > automatic logon only in Intranet zone.

This could be the reason why you only asked for the password with any Mozilla/Netscape browser.
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