Authentication failure withMS AD 2008 R2 when using windows 7/vista Client


This article applies to:

  • SWG 10.x
  • Windows Vista or Windows 7 clients

Symptoms:

  • Trying to configure authentication against Microsoft AD 2008 R2.
  • With Windows XP clients, authentication is successful when you disable NTLM V2 enforcement.
  • However with Windows 7 or Windows Vista clients, you see "Authentication failure" in the weblog viewer.

Causes:

  • This problem occurs because of an additional security check in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
  • This problem is limited to clients that use NTLMv2 authentication without extended security.

Resolution:

To resolve this issue , you can install and configure a Hotfix that Microsoft provides for this issue. See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:


Last Modified 5/14/2012.
https://support.trustwave.com/kb/KnowledgebaseArticle14542.aspx