Closed Bug 49032 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Proxy server demands the username and password and not the internet sites

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(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking
Type:
defect

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Status:
VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Milestone:
mozilla1.0.1

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(Reporter: john.wannler, Assigned: neeti)

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Cleaner VB Code for proxy logging
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Hi, (sorry for my bad english) I just entered my proxy server in the prefernces. (My proxy server needs a login and password) I started to surf to a site by entering the URL Netscape then demands me a password and username for accessing my proxy server. I entered it with checking to remember my password. Then the site appers. But then I want to surf to another site by entering a new URL and then Netscape me redemands my username and password. I reentered it with again checking to remeber my password. Then I looked in the password list and I saw that Netscape was thinking those internet sites asked me a username and password and not my proxy server. So, surfing with a proxy server who asks for a password and a username doesn't work, because you must entered it on every page you want to visit because Milestone 17 thinks that this page is asking for a username and password and not the proxy server. Thanks John
Not a blocker.
Severity: blocker → normal
*** Bug 49033 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
john, are you still seeing this on the most recent build? I tested the 8/22 build with an authenticated proxy and cannot reproduce this. I checked both windows NT and 2000. After entering the proxy name/password, the dialog never appeared again until I switched proxies.
I've experienced much the same problem on Win98 behind an NT Proxy server that uses password authentication. It seems to ask for authentication for _nearly_ every new URL. I downloaded a latest build (9/20), to see if in fact it had been fixed, and it appears to still be a problem.
Depends on: 45747
John Wannler, can you pelase test this with a current nightly builds and report back to the bug. Thanks.
Bug 45747 has some code for looking at the information being passed between the broswer and the proxy server. There is code for linux (in C) and Win32 (in VB). If you can't compile either of these, let me know and I can get you a binary of the needed files (for the Win32 VB App only). What would most help in tracking this bug down is a transcript pulled from one of these two programs... it may also be of some help to know what Proxy Server is being run.
Tried it with the latest nightly build. Downloaded 2/11/00 Australian time. The problem is still evident. The proxy server is Windows NT Proxy Server Version 2.0, using normal (clear text) authentication. If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know.
Hal (and John), I guess you can do one of two things... 1. Wait for bug 45747 to get fixed and see if that helps your problem 2. Use the attachments in bug 45747 to gather a log of the information being passed between your proxy server and Mozilla.
*** Bug 57643 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I am going to mark this as NEW as per reporters comments.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
NS6.0 has just been released and this bug is still in it (tested on Windows) BUT... it seems it's NOT in Mozilla anymore (tested 2000-11-14-08-Mtrunk on Linux) !!! i opened lots of windows, surfed on lots of sites, clicked on lots of links and i just had to authenticate once on the proxy at the beginning of my 2 sessions (i even restarted Moz to be sure...) can you verify and close that bug if appropriate ? this is very good news because this was a highly annoying bug. it made it nearly impossible to surf because you had to enter your username/password all over again. i think users behind authenticated proxies will uninstall NS6.0 as soon as installed because of that bug... too bad :(
Based on the previous comment and my own expirence, marking this bug as WORKSFORME.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
This bug still appears to be a problem. It just re-asked me for authentication on bugzilla.mozilla.org at bugzilla.mozilla.org using the latest nightly build. It does however appear (in my experience) to be more intermittent in this latest build. I have experienced the problem only with MS-Proxy 2.0. It might be helpful if people list the proxy used in testing. Successful or otherwise.
sad but true... it still appears here and there, but less than before. i think this bug must be reopened because this is a serious problem for people behind proxies requiring authentication such as Netscape Proxy Server 3.2 ! (sorry for the mail-mess)
I've been using Mozilla through an Auth. proxy for the past couple of months. The only time it ever asks me for my username and password is the first time I loads it up (Gauntlet 5.5 firewall). http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=17878 The above URL is a .tar.gz file with C code that can be compiled in linux to log the transactions between a proxy server and browser. Unfortunately, the VB code that I wrote is impractical for any long term use. I will try and get that cleaned up and attach it to this bug so somebody who is expirencing this problem can get get a log of what's going on so we can attempt to get it resolved. BTW, on the MS Proxy, what auth methods goes it accept? (The three choices are Anon, Basic, and NTLM). Also, what's the most recent build you've expirenced this problem in? REOPENing to collect more information.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
As promised, here is the VB code to log a proxy/browser session. This code requires VB6 to compile it. Usage: proxy firewall 8080 80 c:\proxy.log Where firewall is your proxy servers name, 8080 is the local port to monitor, 80 is the remote proxy port and c:\proxy.log is the file log to. Set your proxy settings in Mozilla to be: localhost - port 8080 (unless you use a different parameter on startup). The text box will always show the last communication, the log file will contain all of it. If you need this in a precompiled form, please e-mail me at jake@acutex.net and ask for it. Also, required are MSVBVM60.DLL and MSWINSOCK.OCX. Please let me know if you need these files as well (so I can make the ZIP file I send you as small as possible).
*** Bug 69059 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Please change OS to "all" since I've seen this in linux too. (see bug 69059)
See also bug 59609 - Password for proxy server is stored for another site.
OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
->neeti
Assignee: gagan → neeti
Status: REOPENED → NEW
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0
*** Bug 71643 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'm still seeing this on 0.8.1 (2001032614) - as are a few other people (#60588, #57291, #61691, etc.). As you can see in those various reports people are experiencing this problem with Netscape proxy, Navaho Proxy, Squid and Microsoft Proxy. I myself have experienced it with Squid and Microsoft. Since that covers the big three proxy vendors - I'd saw it is a client bug. I'll note that the first time I visit a page I encounter this bug but thereafter I do not. Not even when I modify the URL in the location bar. However when I do 'open URL in new window' I then get prompted again for my proxy username and password.
I have the same problem on Linux (RH 7, kernel 2.2.17, Mozilla 0.8.1 20010326). In addition, though, I notice that whenever I have two browser windows open, I get prompted for ID/password for everything I go to external -- even sites for which I have saved the ID/password. The two-window problem doesn't clear up until I restart the browser. Also, add another firewall/proxy vendor to the list: ANS.
This bug is still there in Mozilla 0.9 (build: 2001050515) as well as Netscape 6 and 6.01. Its quite bothering as I use Netscape 6.01 a lot nowadays. One thing I notice is when my proxy asks me for authentication, it prints the name of the proxy correctly but at the wrong IP. For example, I use my University's proxy server (which is Netscape). In Netscape Communicator 4.77, the authentication window says 'Proxy authentication required for Griffith University Internet Login at 132.234.250.7:8080'. Indeed this is the IP of the proxy. But in Mozilla (and Netscape 6.0x), the authentication window says 'Proxy authentication for Griffith University Internet Login at xxx.com' where xxx.com is the site I am trying to view. So it is using the wrong IP to store in the password list??? It should be using the proxy IP, not the IP of the webpage I'm trying view.
Bug 60588 fixes something similiar and I've tested it with 2001051604
mass move, v2. qa to me.
QA Contact: tever → benc
much has changed w.r.t. to http auth since mozilla0.9, so please verify against a recent nightly build. thx!
Verified against Mozilla 0.9.1 and MS Proxy 2.0 It is all working now, methinks.
john: if you are still there, and it works, you can mark it RESOLVED: Works for me.
Bugs targeted at mozilla1.0 without the mozilla1.0 keyword moved to mozilla1.0.1 (you can query for this string to delete spam or retrieve the list of bugs I've moved)
Target Milestone: mozilla1.0 → mozilla1.0.1
This has been working, flawlessly, since 0.9.1. It can always be re-opened if need be. Anand
wfm per comments above
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
VERIFIED/wfm
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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