WSUS question reza 5/21/2007 5:31:01 PM Hi all, I what situation we select the "Allow basic authentication (password in clear text) " option? Thanks Reza

Re: WSUS question "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 10:20:20 PM "reza" <reza[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:171DF1F3-1BB4-40EB-9B1D-C81EC3635B78[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi all, > > I what situation we select the "Allow basic authentication (password in > clear text) " option? If you're required to use a non-Microsoft proxy server that requires authentication from the proxy client. In that case you must use Basic Authentication to transmit the proxy credentials to the non-Microsoft proxy server. -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP Independent WSUS Evangelist MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007) https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E Everything you need for WSUS is at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....