Bug ID 494452: NTLM authentication does not work with response-adapt

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Dec 04, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When a response-adapt profile is applied to a virtual server, the BIG-IP system sends a FIN to terminate the connection to the server/client before NTLM authentication is fully negotiated, causing NTLM authentication to fail.

Impact

NTLM authentication does not work.

Conditions

A virtual server configured for NTLM authentication that uses a response-adapt profile.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

NTLM authentication now works on a virtual server with a response-adapt profile.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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