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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. apologies.... by jeffy124 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    my younger brother likes to troll. he sometimes uses my computer and hits the ac box. me forgot this time. my golly did he ever have a white face when i caught him.

    --
    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
  2. Clash on web standard? by SteveX · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Someone reported it to Microsoft and they admitted it's a bug. This is a clash?

    - Steve