iOS 7 breaks windows authentication.

This is a HUGE problem. Please fix this as soon as possible. It does work on Chrome but Chrome on iPad is pretty bad...


If anyone has found a workaround please, please let me know.


Thanks for all of the help. 🙂

iPad 2, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 6:26 AM

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Sep 19, 2013 6:48 AM in response to varjak paw

My mistake in my moment of panic I was not specific enough.

Using IIS we have a portal website for Customers and sales representatives that uses windows authentication. At this moment Safari will not authentice for websites that use Windows authentication (NTLM).


Here is a nice site where you can test this:


http://dave.brittens.org/NTLMTest use username Test and password Test.


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Sep 19, 2013 7:28 AM in response to varjak paw

Thats the problem and I bet the webpage is still "loading"


Log onto it from a PC or mac to see what it is supposed to look like. Aslo if you go home and again go to browser it will prompt you to log in agian. Then 1 image will load. Keep doing that 10 times and all 10 images will load.

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Sep 19, 2013 8:42 AM in response to be05x5

I am having this same problem also.


On a Windows server running IIS, a web site can be set up for Windows Authentication.


On sites where we use Windows Authentication (which includes intranet web apps and SharePoint), it accepts the login but the page never loads. The spinner at the top continually spins, and nothing ever displays in the Safari window.


When using Chrome on the same device, it works.


And this worked with Safari on iOS 6, just prior to upgrading the device. Safari on iOS 7 breaks it big time.


BTW, this was on my iPhone 4S 32GB.

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Sep 19, 2013 9:50 AM in response to MikeShaker

This isn't the place to contact apple. It's user to user. We are here to discuss work-arounds.


Here is the place:


*Feedback*

"Use the form below to send us your comments. We read all feedback carefully, but please note that we cannot respond to the comments you submit."

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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Sep 19, 2013 10:57 AM in response to be05x5

We are having the same issue here. We have a web application that was developed in house that is hosted by IIS 7 and uses windows authenticaiton. The site works fine on IOS 6 but in IOS 7 the site prompts for credentials twice and just hangs and acts like it is loading but it never gets anywhere. The site works fine in Chrome but not in Safari.

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