Re: Using NetworkCredential then a Redirect to the site requiring the credientails

From: Eric Lawrence [MSFT] (e_lawrence_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:35:18 -0800

No, it has not and will not be reversed.

There is a registry patch to turn the behavior off if you'd like. 

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Thanks,
Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services
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"Joe Fallon" <jfallon1@nospamtwcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eFotSqzAEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I thought MS "reversed" that in a followup patch!
> It broke too many things.
>
> There is a registry hack to undo it to.
> -- 
> Joe Fallon
>
>
>
> "Jay Douglas" <REMOVEIFNOTSPAMjaysnewsgroupaddress@squarei.com> wrote in
> message news:ec6EwSzAEHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hello all.
> >
> >     Ever since the latest patch for IE 6 it is impossible to pass the
> > username and password to Exchange 2000 (or any site) in the url (i.e.
> > http://username:password@exchangeserver.mydomain.com) ... so I've
possibly
> > came up with a solution (which I'm sure is thought of and implemented
> > already)  Please review my strategy and offer any suggestions /
solutions:
> >
> >  - A user is logged into an asp.net / c# website with the same user name
> and
> > password for the domain / exchange server
> >  - To prevent a duplicate login, I used to pass the username and
password
> in
> > the url (as detailed above), this no longer works
> >  - I would have a simple link with the user name and password in the url
> > that would automatically log the user in
> >  - I was hoping that somehow, with a combination of a WebRequest /
> > NetworkCredential I could log the user in behind the scenes and redirect
> > them to the proper location to the OWA inbox for the particular user
> without
> > needing to log them in twice.
> >
> > I'm having a struggle locating the proper information to achieve this
> goal.
> >
> > Any and all input is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jay Douglas
> > Fort Collins, CO
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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