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From: "HUSSEY, SCOTT T" <sh8121@att.com>
To: JMeter Users List <user@jmeter.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Strange behavior when performing basic authentication
Thread-Topic: Strange behavior when performing basic authentication
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:31:56 +0000
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I've found HTTPClient 4 to be the best for NTLM authentication. I have seen=
 issues where I recorded using the Java implementation w/ the proxy server =
and then switched to HTTPClient4 for playback w/ the best results.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fergal Hanley [mailto:fergalhanley@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:29 PM
> To: user@jmeter.apache.org
> Subject: Strange behavior when performing basic authentication
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> I'm getting some strange behavior when attempting to use JMeter to
> perform
> basic authentication against a web application.
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> I'm using the Authorization Manager for NTLM authentication. When I
> attempt
> to play back my script I get a 401 Unauthorized error response. I'f I fir=
e
> up the JMeter proxy server and record a snippet of script from the very
> server I'm attempting to hit in my test, and then I play back the script
> after this, it can authenticate. Does the fact that record change somethi=
ng
> in JMeter to make authorization work? This effect is retained as long as =
I
> keep the JMeter application open but lost when I close and reopen the too=
l.
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> Other details about the test plan:
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>    1. I'm using Java implementation calls, HttpClient 3.1 and 4 never wor=
ked
>    2. Calls are being made through an internet proxy that I've configured
>    in jmeter.properties
>    3. The application I'm targeting is a SharePoint site
>    4. I'm using the HTTP Authorization Manager for server authentication
>    5. I left the JMeter application open over night in a state where it w=
as
>    able to play back the requests. When I came in the next day it was sti=
ll
>    able to play back the requests but when I restarted the application it=
 was
>    once again unable to make the requests.
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
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> Thank you,
> Fergal

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