Bug 46288 (libreoffice-http-511) - Handle HTTP error 511 Network Authentication Required (standard secure proxy authentification/captive portal detection)
Summary: Handle HTTP error 511 Network Authentication Required (standard secure proxy ...
Status: NEW
Alias: libreoffice-http-511
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Extensions (show other bugs)
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Hardware: Other All
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Reported: 2012-02-19 08:00 UTC by Nicolas Mailhot
Modified: 2023-12-04 03:15 UTC (History)
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Description Nicolas Mailhot 2012-02-19 08:00:50 UTC
Since 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=7338 and
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479880

there is no clean way for a proxy or captive portal to get a web client to
display an authentication dialog when user credentials expire while he is
browsing on an https url.

(to be sure, the previous methods were insecure and hackish but they existed
because nothing better was available)

The IETF finally set up to fix this problem and defined a standard HTTP error
that lets access control equipments tell the web client authentication or
re-authentication is needed and where the authentication form is located.

http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-nottingham-http-new-status-04.txt

→ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/queue2.html#draft-nottingham-http-new-status> (the
spec is approved and in the queue for publication as RFC)

Please add error 511 handling in libreoffice (for example, when trying to download/update extensions)

It shouldn't be more complex than launching the URL indicated in the error 511 in the default used browser
Comment 1 QA Administrators 2014-10-24 03:18:21 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2015-12-20 16:08:12 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2017-01-03 19:46:53 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2019-12-03 14:00:19 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2021-12-03 04:24:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2023-12-04 03:15:04 UTC
Dear Nicolas Mailhot,

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