401 Unauthorized (Stale nonce)

[B-Jorg]

I have a html-page with 468 img scr="xxx.JPG" to create a page with small picture. After getting about 250-300 picture I begin to get the message 401 Unauthorized (Stale nonce) i the NetworkActiv Web Server log. The NetworkActiv is running on XP with servicepack 2.
Can somebody explain wath this means ?.
I use IE-6 to get the picture with.

Bjarne

[NetworkActiv]

For technical details, see the HTTP Digest Authentication RFC.

Basically it goes like the following when password authentication is enabled:

-> The client requests a file without giving a password.
<- The server sends back "Authentication Required", giving a time based token than can be used for requests.
-> The client sends requests that contain that token and the password and stuff.
<- When that token being used by the client has become too old, the server sends "Unauthorized (Stale Nonce)". When the server sends this, it also sends the client a new token.
-> A properly functioning client will then use the new token until it becomes expired.

The problem is that for some reason, your client is not using the newly returned token (at least that's what it sounds like from what you have said).

You did not actually specify whether the remaining pictures load correctly. It is normal to see "401 Unauthorized (Stale Nonce)" every once in a while in the request log when the server has authentication enabled, but this should not stop the client from being able to load the pages correctly and completely.

Have you tried loading the page in another browser?

Have you tried loading the page locally and not through the Internet? (unless this was already locally)

Other than what's mentioned here, I don't really know why the problem is occuring. I'm not sure what's causing it or how it could be resolved with that version of the program.