[VFS-316] HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder needs option for preemptive authentication

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0

Environment

IIS WebDAV

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Hausladen
• Created: 08/Sep/10 20:05
• Updated: 02/Nov/10 23:31
• Resolved: 02/Nov/10 14:07

Description

I find that the credential challenges produced by the WebdavFileSystem as it uses the HttpClient creates a great deal of superfluous HTTP traffic just to perform BASIC authentication. In some scenarios, dumbed-down preemptive authentication is needed for swifter traversals of the repository.

I suggest adding preemptive authentication to HttpFileSystemConfigBuilder and HttpClientFactory to address this problem.