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IE, Apache Clash on Web Standard

Posted by krow on from the are-the-malicious,-or-just-idiots dept.

sbsea1 writes "Here is another instance where Microsoft is going one way and everybody else going to other. eWEEK Labs found that Microsoft is using a different implentation of digest authentication which differs from the W3C's digest authentication standards. Internet Explorer Version 5.0 and higher--as well as Microsoft's IIS Web server--has a significant security incompatibility with other major Web browsers and with the Apache Software Foundation's Apache HTTP Web server."

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  1. doesnt look that bad... by jeffy124 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the article says that even MS spokespeople are admitting that it's a bug. I dont see it as anything to get all up in arms and angry about.

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