Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
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You use Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 or ISA Server 2006 as a Web proxy to access a Web site.
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You perform a POST operation on the Web site.
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The Web site sends a "401 Authentication Required" response to the client.
However, ISA Server drops the "401 Authentication Required" response instead of forwarding the response to the client. This problem may cause the Web access attempt to fail. For example, when you try to upload a large file to the Web site, the upload operation may time out.
Resolution
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
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If you are running ISA Server 2004, apply the hotfix package that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
940709 Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: July 25, 2007 If you are running ISA Server 2006, apply the last ISA Server service pack. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
954258 How to obtain the latest Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 service pack
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Start Notepad.
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Copy the following code, and then paste it into Notepad.
Const SE_VPS_GUID = "{143F5698-103B-12D4-FF34-1F34767DEabc}"
Const SE_VPS_NAME = "AllowPrematureServerResponse" Const SE_VPS_VALUE = true Sub SetValue() ' Create the root object. Dim root ' The FPCLib.FPC root object Set root = CreateObject("FPC.Root") 'Declare the other objects that are needed. Dim array ' An FPCArray object Dim VendorSets ' An FPCVendorParametersSets collection Dim VendorSet ' An FPCVendorParametersSet object ' Get references to the array object ' and to the network rules collection. Set array = root.GetContainingArray Set VendorSets = array.VendorParametersSets On Error Resume Next Set VendorSet = VendorSets.Item( SE_VPS_GUID ) If Err.Number <> 0 Then Err.Clear ' Add the item. Set VendorSet = VendorSets.Add( SE_VPS_GUID ) CheckError WScript.Echo "New VendorSet added... " & VendorSet.Name Else WScript.Echo "Existing VendorSet found... value- " & VendorSet.Value(SE_VPS_NAME) End If if VendorSet.Value(SE_VPS_NAME) <> SE_VPS_VALUE Then Err.Clear VendorSet.Value(SE_VPS_NAME) = SE_VPS_VALUE If Err.Number <> 0 Then CheckError Else VendorSets.Save false, true CheckError If Err.Number = 0 Then WScript.Echo "Done with " & SE_VPS_NAME & ", saved!" End If End If Else WScript.Echo "Done with " & SE_VPS_NAME & ", no change!" End If End Sub Sub CheckError() If Err.Number <> 0 Then WScript.Echo "An error occurred: 0x" & Hex(Err.Number) & " " & Err.Description Err.Clear End If End Sub SetValue -
Save the file as a Microsoft Visual Basic script file by using the .vbs file name extension. For example, use the following name to save the file:
AllowPrematureServerResponse.vbs
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Start a command prompt, change to the location at which you saved the AllowPrematureServerResponse.vbs file, and then run the following command:
cscript AllowPrematureServerResponse.vbs
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
More Information
For more information about how to install ISA Server hotfixes and updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
885957 How to install ISA Server hotfixes and updates