Impersonation with NTLM

[Thomas Mueller-Lynch]

I want to use impersonation within a second thread of an httpwebrequest.
While configuring IIS with basic authentication everything works fine.
Changing to Intergrated Windows Authentication the thread (which should return a secure web-page) returns the http status code 401.

My web.config looks like:
.....
<identity impersonate="true"/><authentication mode="Windows" />
.....


My Testpage looks like:

dim url as String = "https://server/secure/index.html"
dim Req as HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(url), HttpWebRequest)

Req.Method = "GET"
Req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=iso-8859-1"
Req.PreAuthenticate = true

if Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_TYPE") = "Basic"
Req.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(Request.ServerVariabl es("AUTH_USER"),Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_PASS WORD"))
else
Req.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
' Should impersonate the user in case of NTLM, shouldn't it???
end if

dim Resp as HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(req.GetResponse(),HttpWebResponse)
dim Reader as StreamReader

Reader = new StreamReader(Resp.GetResponseStream())

while Reader.Peek() > -1
strLine = Reader.ReadLine()
Trace.write(strLine)
end while

Reader.Close()
Resp.Close()

The included thread should impersonate the logged-on user (NTLM or Basic).

What did I do wrong?

Thomas

[Paul Glavich]

At a guess, you are trying to do a "double hop" in that, you have used
windows auth/NTLM to logon to your web app, then that same security token to
go to another web site on another machine. Using NTLM, you cannot
impersonate a user, then use that impersonation to authenticate to another
machine (this is the double hop). Basic works because the credentials are
propagated in clear text as part of the Http header. NTLM used a security
token and cannot propagate the same token and be valid.

Kerberos can do it, but you still need to mark the user account as
"Delegateable". (Win2000+)
--
- Paul Glavich


"Thomas Mueller-Lynch" <thomas.mueller-lynch(remove)@siemens.com> wrote in
message news:D73319EC-F94A-4EFF-871A-E3D15F4909A8@microsoft.com...

> I want to use impersonation within a second thread of an httpwebrequest.
> While configuring IIS with basic authentication everything works fine.
> Changing to Intergrated Windows Authentication the thread (which should

return a secure web-page) returns the http status code 401.

>
> My web.config looks like:
> ...
> <identity impersonate="true"/><authentication mode="Windows" />
> ...
>
>
> My Testpage looks like:
>
> dim url as String = "https://server/secure/index.html"
> dim Req as HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(url),

HttpWebRequest)

>
> Req.Method = "GET"
> Req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=iso-8859-1"
> Req.PreAuthenticate = true
>
> if Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_TYPE") = "Basic"
> Req.Credentials = new

System.Net.NetworkCredential(Request.ServerVariabl es("AUTH_USER"),Request.Se
rverVariables("AUTH_PASSWORD"))

> else
> Req.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
> ' Should impersonate the user in case of NTLM, shouldn't it???
> end if
>
> dim Resp as HttpWebResponse =

DirectCast(req.GetResponse(),HttpWebResponse)

> dim Reader as StreamReader
>
> Reader = new StreamReader(Resp.GetResponseStream())
>
> while Reader.Peek() > -1
> strLine = Reader.ReadLine()
> Trace.write(strLine)
> end while
>
> Reader.Close()
> Resp.Close()
>
> The included thread should impersonate the logged-on user (NTLM or Basic).
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Thomas

[Paul Glavich]

It may still be suffering the "double hop" syndrome if it thinks that the
page you are trying to access (even though its on the same machine) is on
another machine. when you specify the "host" part of the URL is it as you
specified below (ie. [url]https://server/[/url]....) or does it contain periods (eg.
[url]https://my.server/...)?[/url]

Also, try it without using SSL (ie. [url]http://server/[/url]....) to see what happens.

--
- Paul Glavich


"Thomas Mueller-Lynch" <thomas.mueller-lynch(remove)@siemens.com> wrote in
message news:C6C4D26E-9B93-4326-97F3-B78534E7EFA2@microsoft.com...

> In this case I have only one server.
> the aspx page which is running on my server is executing another page on

the same server.

>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance
>
> Thomas Mueller-Lynch
>
> ----- Paul Glavich wrote: -----
>
> At a guess, you are trying to do a "double hop" in that, you have

used

> windows auth/NTLM to logon to your web app, then that same security

token to

> go to another web site on another machine. Using NTLM, you cannot
> impersonate a user, then use that impersonation to authenticate to

another

> machine (this is the double hop). Basic works because the credentials

are

> propagated in clear text as part of the Http header. NTLM used a

security

> token and cannot propagate the same token and be valid.
>
> Kerberos can do it, but you still need to mark the user account as
> "Delegateable". (Win2000+)
> --
> - Paul Glavich
>
>
> "Thomas Mueller-Lynch" <thomas.mueller-lynch(remove)@siemens.com>

wrote in

> message news:D73319EC-F94A-4EFF-871A-E3D15F4909A8@microsoft.com...

> > I want to use impersonation within a second thread of an

httpwebrequest.

> > While configuring IIS with basic authentication everything works

fine.

> > Changing to Intergrated Windows Authentication the thread (which

should

> return a secure web-page) returns the http status code 401.

> >> My web.config looks like:

> > ...
> ><identity impersonate="true"/><authentication mode="Windows" />> ...

> >>> My Testpage looks like:
> >> dim url as String = "https://server/secure/index.html"

> > dim Req as HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(url),

> HttpWebRequest)

> >> Req.Method = "GET"

> > Req.ContentType =

"application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=iso-8859-1"

> > Req.PreAuthenticate = true

> >> if Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_TYPE") = "Basic"

> > Req.Credentials = new

>

System.Net.NetworkCredential(Request.ServerVariabl es("AUTH_USER"),Request.Se

> rverVariables("AUTH_PASSWORD"))

> > else
> > Req.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
> > ' Should impersonate the user in case of NTLM, shouldn't it???
> > end if

> >> dim Resp as HttpWebResponse =

> DirectCast(req.GetResponse(),HttpWebResponse)

> > dim Reader as StreamReader

> >> Reader = new StreamReader(Resp.GetResponseStream())
> >> while Reader.Peek() > -1

> > strLine = Reader.ReadLine()
> > Trace.write(strLine)
> > end while

> >> Reader.Close()

> > Resp.Close()

> >> The included thread should impersonate the logged-on user (NTLM or

Basic).

> >> What did I do wrong?
> >> Thomas

>
>
>