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rfc 2617 under insecure connection (http) not working

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mvarcelo
mvarcelo

Hello,

I am testing an embedded webserver authentication digest. It working with Chrome but Firefox is not reacting as expected (not prompting User/Password dialog). Following is the 401 reply:

Frame 7: 470 bytes on wire (3760 bits), 470 bytes captured (3760 bits) on interface 0 Null/Loopback Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 127.0.0.1, Dst: 127.0.0.1 Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 8080, Dst Port: 56903, Seq: 1, Ack: 339, Len: 414 Hypertext Transfer Protocol 

   HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\n
   Server: Embedded\r\n
   WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="testrealm@host.com",qop="auth,auth-int",nonce="dcd98b7102dd2f0e8b11d0f600bfb0c093",opaque="5ccc069c403ebaf9f0171e9517f40e41"\r\n
   Content-Type: text/html\r\n
   Content-Length: 164\r\n
   \r\n
   [HTTP response 1/1]
   [Time since request: 0.000069000 seconds]
   [Request in frame: 5]
   File Data: 164 bytes

Line-based text data: text/html 

   \r\n
   \r\n
      \r\n
        <meta charset="UTF-8">\r\n
        <title>Error</title>\r\n
      \r\n
      \r\n
        
401 Unauthorized.
\r\n
      \r\n
    \r\n
Hello, I am testing an embedded webserver authentication digest. It working with Chrome but Firefox is not reacting as expected (not prompting User/Password dialog). Following is the 401 reply: Frame 7: 470 bytes on wire (3760 bits), 470 bytes captured (3760 bits) on interface 0 Null/Loopback Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 127.0.0.1, Dst: 127.0.0.1 Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 8080, Dst Port: 56903, Seq: 1, Ack: 339, Len: 414 Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\n Server: Embedded\r\n WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="testrealm@host.com",qop="auth,auth-int",nonce="dcd98b7102dd2f0e8b11d0f600bfb0c093",opaque="5ccc069c403ebaf9f0171e9517f40e41"\r\n Content-Type: text/html\r\n Content-Length: 164\r\n \r\n [HTTP response 1/1] [Time since request: 0.000069000 seconds] [Request in frame: 5] File Data: 164 bytes Line-based text data: text/html <!DOCTYPE html>\r\n <html>\r\n <head>\r\n <meta charset="UTF-8" />\r\n <title>Error</title>\r\n </head>\r\n <body>\r\n <h1>401 Unauthorized.</h1>\r\n </body>\r\n </html>\r\n