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Web Authentication Summary

Table 9.3 shows a brief summary of all the possible Web authentication schemes built into IIS 5.0:

Table 9.3   Web Authentication Schemes in IIS 5.0




Scheme

Requires
SSL		 Works
with
Internet
Explorer 4		 Works
with
Internet
Explorer 5		 Works
with
Other
Browsers


Comment
Anonymous No Yes Yes Yes No authentication
Basic No Yes Yes Yes Insecure: consider using SSL to protect user name/password
Integrated Windows No Yes Yes No Does not work through proxy servers
Digest No No Yes Varies Requires Active Directory
Certificate Mapping Yes Yes Yes Varies Very scalable and secure, but a little cumbersome to configure


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