259274 - Proxy authentication is repeatedly checked for the same page (dialog for each <img>/image) - New to 1.0 PR

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 256949

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Thomas Carey]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

While opening a page in 1.0PR while using an HTTP proxy, the authentication box
pops up repeatedly for every single image on the page (which are from the same
domain). It will load one image at a time for every instance the 'OK' button is
pressed, but continues to request authentication until all images are fully loaded. 

This problem is new to Firefox 1.0 PR. I can reproduce it by installing Firefox
1.0 PR and going to any page; however, using Internet Explorer or downgrading to
Firefox 0.9.3 solves the problem immediately. In Firefox 0.9.3, the
authenication dialog is only displayed once and then the entire page loads (as
it should).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Firefox 1.0 PR
2. Make certain HTTP proxy settings are correct
3. Load any page

Actual Results:  
Firefox repeatedly displays proxy authentication dialog for every image to be
loaded / IMG SRC tag.

Expected Results:  
Asked for authenication once, then loaded all images using the same proxy
authenication information without prompting.

Comment 1

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Only prompted once using
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10

Settings: Manual Proxy configuration, Same proxy for all protocols

Partial Header (from LiveHTTPHeaders extension)
 HTTP/1.x 407 Proxy Authentication Required
 Server: squid/2.5.STABLE5

Can you provide a test case or more information please. Did you try with a fresh
profile ?

Comment 2

[Bernard Duffy]

Hi -

I think this is a dupe of 256949. I am encountering this problem with MS ISA
Firewalls.

Comment 3

[Kevin Little]

I am also encountering this problem.  I reinstalled several times (although you
might want to explain what starting with a new profile means)  I have to enter
my proxy user/password for every web page and sometimes every item on the page.

Comment 4

[roberto]

I had the same problem using firefox 1,0PR with Win2K behind a Microsoft proxy.
Reinstalling firefox 0.9.3 "fixed" the problem.

Comment 5

[Dieter Verfaillie]

I have the same problem with 1.0PR (even with a fresh profile), being behind an
ISA proxy...

Comment 6

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

This comment (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256949#c3) suggests
setting network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies to false using about:config in
the location bar. I would be great if someone could create the debug log that
Darin asks for.

cc-ing Darin to this bug.

Comment 7

[roberto]

Attachment: firefox 1.0PR log

Here I attach the log file generated by firefox 1.0PR.I was requested for the
username and the password once while contacting http://www.google.it, once
while contacting http://forums.mozillazine.org, and a theird time with
http://texturizer.net/firefox/index.html.

Thanks for your help :)

Comment 8

[roberto]

Ops! Despite what is written the attachemnt is a .zip file, therefore you shall
download and extract.

Sorry...

Comment 9

[Darin Fisher]

Comment on attachment 159206 [details]
firefox 1.0PR log

fixing mime type

Comment 10

[Darin Fisher]

roberto,

can you please try setting this pref to false:

  network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies

you can change it by loading about:config in firefox.  thanks!

Comment 11

[Darin Fisher]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 256949 ***