Exam 301b topic 1 question 86 discussion

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Question #: 86
Topic #: 1

A client is attempting to log in to a web application that requires authentication. The following HTTP headers are sent by the client:

GET /owa/ HTTP/1.1 -
Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=

User-Agent: curl/7.26.0 -

Host: 10.0.0.14 -
Accept: */*

Accept-EncodinG. gzip,deflate -
The web server is responding with the following HTTP headers:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized -

Content-TypE. text/html -

Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 -

WWW-AuthenticatE. NTLM -
DatE. Wed, 16 Aug 1977 19:12:31 GMT

Content-LengtH. 1293 -
The client has checked the login credentials and believes the correct details are being entered.
What is the reason the destination web server is sending an HTTP 401 response?

A. The username and password are incorrect.
B. The server has an incorrect date configured.
C. The client is using the wrong type of browser.
D. The wrong authentication mechanism is being used.

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by GVKD at Feb. 11, 2024, 7:58 p.m.

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GVKD

5 months ago

D - Correct. Server is expecting NTLM Authentication, and the client is using Basic Authentication.

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