I've dredged through the archives, but can't find a reference to the problem I'm having. I've got the standard reverse proxy setup going with client connections via SSL to an apache server that proxies pages (via proxypass) from an internal http server. That works fine. I'd like to do authentication on the apache server as well, but can't get it to work. Here's part of the httpd.conf file: ProxyPass /corporate_rd/ http://sapling/corporate_rd/ ProxyPassReverse /corporate_rd/ http://sapling/corporate_rd/ And later, in the SSL virtual host section: <Directory proxy:http://sapling/corporate_rd/> AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /home/jayl/tmp/.htpasswd AuthName 'RD' require valid-user </Directory> When I try to load this from netscape, I get an Error 407, Proxy Authentication Required without being prompted for a passwd. (IE just crashes. :) ) What am I doing wrong? thanks for the help, jay lyerly ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]