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 > > >
