PRB: More Failures Than Expected Appear in .NET Passport Performance Counters (810166)


The information in this article applies to:

  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Passport 2.5

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SYMPTOMS

If a .NET Passport Web site is configured for conventional .NET Passport behavior (Anonymous + .Net Passport Authentication + Internet Information Services 6.0 (IIS)), the Total Failed Auths are multiplied by a factor of 2. For example, when Total Failed Auths should be 1, it appears as 2, and when it should be 4, it appears as 8. Total Failed Auths are logged when a call to IsAuthenticated returns FALSE.

CAUSE

This behavior might occur because IIS is calling IsAuthenticated, also. When IIS Passport Integrated Authentication is located on a specified virtual directory, IIS calls IsAuthenticated to determine if the client is authenticated.

STATUS

This behavior will be documented in Windows Server 2003 RTM (in the SDK).
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/19/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB810166 kbAudDeveloper kbAudITPRO
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