Thanks Ken,

IE and Chrome behave differently and, as the clipboard is involved here,
things get even murkier. We're warming up WireShark as I write ;-)

-- 
noonie




On 20 May 2014 13:48, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote:

>  I’d start by finding out whether the challenge is coming from the proxy
> server or not.
>
> Packet capture on the proxy server can probably help you here, as it
> should show what the proxy server is doing vs. what is coming directly from
> the web server.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *noonie
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 May 2014 8:22 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page
>
>
>
> Probably not IE as the user agent string is slightly different ending in
> MSOffice 12 which indicates Outlook or Word. It identifies itself as an
> earlier version of IE tahn the version installed as the browser.
>
>
>
> --
>
> noonie
>
>
>
> On 19 May 2014 19:22, <anthonyatsmall...@mail.com> wrote:
>
>  I would assume word is using the IE to grad the urls, hence if you have
> logged into the website using IE, then word may be aware of this?
>
>
>
> Just my suggestion…not sure how true it is!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *noonie
> *Sent:* Monday, 19 May 2014 6:20 PM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to figure out an issue that a user has reported. When they copy
> text from a Web page into Microsoft Word they are prompted for credentials
> on one site but not on another, similarly configured, site.
>
> Both sites are basic auth over https and both are ASP.net apps with very
> minor differences. The major differences are in their proxy configurations.
> I can understand why credentials are required but not why they seem to be
> automatically offered in one case but not in the other.
>
> Where can I find some documentation about how Windows and Office conspire
> together to grab CSS files so Word can decide what text formatting to offer?
>
> --
> Regards,
> noonie
>
>
>

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