My IIS is configured to use WindowsAuthentication.
When I surf to the file:
I can see the file perfectly but when i'm checking with charles (http debugger) I see the following result.
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The problem is that when a browser does this, it will retry (apperantly up to 3 times) but when .NET (spring.net) tries this, it's crashes after the first attempt saying that I'm unauthorized.
Does anyone has a solution for this? I've been struggeling with this problem for weeks now.
I see this is normal. You may learn more about the conversation between client and server from this KB article,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264921
Then you will know why those 401 messages were there.
Regards,