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refra_151287
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Jun 21, 2015

Authentication issue Firefox

Hi All,

 

I used the following iRule to authenticate users using the LDAP server (Form based authentication) https://devcentral.f5.com/codeshare/client-auth-using-html-forms but I faced weird behavior as the authentication succeed when using Internet Explorer browser, but when using the Firefox the or Chrome the special characters got encoded "%26hnsduy%21" >>>> it should be "&hnsduy!" I don't know why this happens and why even for the firefox? I want to emphasize it's working fine for IE.

 

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  • boneyard's avatar
    boneyard
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    Jun 26, 2015
    you don't have APM i assume? this method of auth seems to be loosing ground against that. really can't say why this happens. the code and instruction are also not crystal clear to me, perhaps i can give it a try when i have some time.
  • refra_151287's avatar
    refra_151287
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    Jun 26, 2015
    thanks, I used a workaround to solve it by decoding the password before using it for authentication, which is wired but fortunately worked, as follow: set auth_password [URI::decode $auth_password_2] I also can share final draft of the irule with you if you want to encourage you to try :)
  • boneyard's avatar
    boneyard
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    Jun 29, 2015
    great you solved it, to be honest i rather stay away from this authentication type and use the APM.