[ python-Bugs-1285440 ] Digest Authentication not working in all cases

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Bugs item #1285440, was opened at 2005-09-08 22:31
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jakob Simon-Gaarde (jsgaarde99)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Digest Authentication not working in all cases

Initial Comment:
I feel I better report this as a bug, since urllib2's
digest authentication handler fails where others
succeed. I have been trying to authenticate against an
IIS server at Microsoft hosting MapPoint SOAP services.
The host requres Digest authentication but urllib2
fails to authenticate with the credentials I have
recieved. When I authenticate using firefox the browser
I imediately succeed and gain access to a browsable
service API. C# dotnet's SOAP client also succeeds in
authenticating. Therefore I have made my own conclusion
that urllib.HTTPDigestAuthHandler must be doing
something wrong. I can provide the authentication
credentials needed to test and correct the bug, but
this would have to be through an email, so I don't
break to many laws.

In the attached file is the script I have used to
provoke the digest challenge.

Jakob Simon-Gaarde

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