400 Error From Webservice Using Net 2 0 And Preauthenticate
- 17 Oct 2007
Prashant from my team found this interesting issue. I will blog it here until the KB comes out on this.
Problem
WebService server responds back with a HTTP 400 error when using PreAuthenticate on the WebServiceProxy class. This results in a System.Net.WebException: “The request failed with HTTP status 400: Bad Request”
Symptoms
Consuming a WebService that uses Basic Authentication from a .Net 2.0 client through a Proxy using NTLM authentication the WebService server responds back with a HTTP 400 error message. This happens only when using the PreAuthenticate property of the proxied WebService class.
Cause
When the client uses the PreAuthenticate property, the client tries to re-negotiate the NTLM handshake with the Proxy. When the Proxy sees that the connection has already been authenticated, it simply ignores the re-negotiation and forwards a blank request – with Content-Length: 0 to the server. The server expects a valid Content-Length followed by a soap-envelope which it never receives and hence responds back with a HTTP 400: Bad Request response.
Resolution
Do not set the HttpWebRequest.PreAuthenticate property (set it to false) when calling the Webservice with the above configuration. By default, the PreAuthenticate is turned off and set to false.<p mce_keep="true"> </p>
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