[AXIS2C-716] When using basic http authentication, Authorization header should be sent with initial request

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: core/transport
• Environment: This should be a platform independent change.
• Assignee: Pallewela Perera
• Reporter: Michael Mole
• Created: 04/Oct/07 20:26
• Updated: 09/Dec/07 05:11
• Resolved: 09/Dec/07 05:11

Description

Currently when using basic http authentication, the Authorization header is not sent with the initial request. Instead, Axis2/C waits for the server to first send a failed authentication response with a WWW-Authenticate header. Then Axis2/C will resend the request with the required Authorization header. If the user specifies the Authorization information up front, then the Authorization header should be sent with the initial request.

It adds unnecessary overhead to require 2 requests to be sent every time. Also in my case, my server is not sending the WWW-Authenticate, so I am unable to authenticate at this point. (Although this piece is probably a bug with my server.)

Issue Links

• depends upon: AXIS2C-757 allow for proxy username/password
• is related to: AXIS2C-817 Ability for user to specify whether authorization headers should be sent with initial request or not.