Hi Max,
RFC 2617 [1] requires a user agent to use one of the challenges with the
strongest auth scheme it understands (please see section 1.2):
...
The user agent MUST
choose to use one of the challenges with the strongest auth-scheme it
understands and request credentials from the us
Hi Pavel,
There's a RFR being discussed on core-libs-dev: "8138696 :
java.lang.ref.Cleaner - an easy to use alternative to finalization".
Although it does not currently support it, I have been doing experiments
with FinalReference(s) (a package-private subtype of Reference that is
used intern
Let's go back to the bug description:
But no fallback happens if:
1. an HTTP server supports both Negotiate (via Kerberos) and Basic
authentication schemes
2. first, a user provides correct Kerberos credentials, and a connection is
successfully established with Negotiate scheme
3. then, a us
