Article ID: 325662 - Last Review: February 1, 2007 - Revision: 3.9

NTLM Authentication Over an SSL Connection Does Not Work in Internet Explorer 6

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to use Internet Explorer to connect to a secure Web site over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), authentication to that site may not work, and your client computer may not be able to connect to the site.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 6. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328548 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328548/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   28-Jun-2002  16:07  6.0.2718.2800  583,168  Wininet.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1.

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