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Users cannot access a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2006 if the Web site accepts only the SPNEGO authentication package


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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You publish a Web site in Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006.
  • In the Web publishing rule, you configure ISA Server to use Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD) to delegate user credentials to the published Web site.
  • The Web site that you publish accepts only the Simple And Protected Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication package.
When a user tries to access the published Web site in this scenario, the following error code is returned:
The page cannot be displayed
Error Code: 401 Unauthorized

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Cause

By default, when an ISA Server Web Publishing rule is configured to use KCD, ISA Server uses the Kerberos version 5 authentication package to create a Negotiate authentication HTTP request. If the Web site accepts only the SPNEGO package, access is rejected.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Apply the hotfix package that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
    951510 Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: April 9, 2008
  2. Start Notepad.
  3. Copy the following code, and then paste it into Notepad:
    Const SE_VPS_GUID = "{143F5698-103B-12D4-FF34-1F34767DEabc}"
    Const SE_VPS_NAME = "EnableKcdWithSPNego"
    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
    
    
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  4. Save the file as a Microsoft Visual Basic script file by using the .vbs file name extension when you save the file. For example, use the following name to save the file:
    EnableSPNEGO.vbs
  5. Open a command prompt, change directories to where you saved the EnableSPNEGO.vbs file, and then run the following command:
    cscript EnableSPNEGO.vbs

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Workaround

If the Web Listener can be configured to use either Basic authentication or Forms-Based authentication together with any of the following validation methods, you can configure the Web publishing rule to use Negotiate (Kerberos/NTLM) authentication to delegate credentials:
  • Windows
  • LDAP
  • RADIUS (not RADIUS OTP)
In this situation, ISA Server sends the authentication by using the SPNEGO package. If you use this workaround, the request to the published server will resemble the second example that is presented in the "More information" section.

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More information

If you examine the HTTP GET request that ISA Server sends to the Web server, you may capture the following data:
/////
Authorization: Negotiate YIIGpwYJKoZIhvcSAQICAQBuggaWMIIGkqADAgEFoQMCAQ6iBwMFAAAAAACjggXKYYIFxjCCBcKgAwIBBaETGxFFTUVBLkxPUkVBTC5JTlRSQaIsMCqgAwIBAqEjMCEbBEhUVFAbGWZyZGdyaHJkc2FwMDQubG9yZWFsLndhbnOjggV2MIIFcqADAgEDoQMCAQaiggVkBIIFYDMpi/3cMT
GSS-API Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
OID: 1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 (KRB5 - Kerberos 5) ----> Kerberos V5
krb5_blob: 01006E82069630820692A003020105A10302010EA2070305...
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After you enable this hotfix in compliance with the procedure in the "Resolution" section, the HTTP GET request should resemble the following:
////
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
    GET /sec_form/ HTTP/1.1\r\n
    Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
    Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/ms
    Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
    Accept-Language: fr-FR\r\n
    Authorization: Negotiate YIIHJQYGKwYBBQUCoIIHGTCCBxWgGDAWBgkqhkiC9xIBAgIGCSqGSIb3EgECAqKCBvcEggbzYIIG7wYJKoZIhvcSAQICAQBuggbeMIIG2qADAgEFoQMCAQ6iBwMFACAAAACjggYKYYIGBjCCBgKgAwIBBaETGxFFTUVBLkxPUkVBTC5JTlRSQaIsMCqgAwIBAqEjMCEbBEhUVFAbGWZyZG
        GSS-API Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
            OID: 1.3.6.1.5.5.2 (SPNEGO - Simple Protected Negotiation)  �  SPNEGO

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Keywords: KB951509, kbexpertiseinter, kbqfe

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Article Info
Article ID : 951509
Revision : 2
Created on : 5/5/2008
Published on : 5/5/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 392