Bug ID 563135: SWG Explicit Proxy uses incorrect port after a 407 Authentication Attempt

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM, SWG(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3.2, 11.5.6

Opened: Dec 15, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When the SWG Explicit Proxy is configured to perform a 407 Authentication Request, if the client accesses a non-standard HTTP port (e.g. http://www.example.com:8080) the first request after authentication will fail.

Impact

The first request after authentication will fail.

Conditions

SWG Explicit Proxy configured HTTP 407 Authorization configured in Per-Request Policy for authentication Client requests a non-standard HTTP port in request

Workaround

If the user refreshes their browser request, subsequent requests will work as expected.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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