Configuring web browsers to support SPNEGO

Configure your web browser to support SPNEGO authentication.

About this task

Add IBM® Connections and IBM® HTTP Server to the list of sites that are permitted to engage in SPNEGO authentication with the browser.

To edit your web browser preferences, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Do one of the following:
  • Microsoft™ Internet Explorer:
    1. From the Internet Explorer menu, select Tools > Internet Options and then click the Security tab.
    2. Click the Local intranet icon and then click Sites.
    3. Click Advanced and then add the web address of the host name of your IBM® Connections server into the Add this website to the zone field. For example: *.enterprise.example.com. Click Add.
    4. Enter the host name of your IBM® HTTP Server into the Add this website to the zone field and click Add. For example: http://<IHS_host> or https://IHS_host>".
    5. Click OK to save the change and return to the main Security page.
    6. Click Custom level, scroll to find User Authentication > Logon, and select Automatic logon only in Intranet zone. Click OK to save the change and return to the main Security page.
    7. If you are using Edge, you must set the trust settings in Microsoft™ Internet Explorer. Click the Trusted sites icon and then click Sites. Click Add.
    8. Enter the SPNEGO URL into the Add this website to the zone field and click Add.
    9. Click the Advanced tab, scroll to find Security, and then select the Enable Integrated Windows Authentication check box. Click OK to save the change.
    10. Restart the web browser to apply the configuration changes.
  • Mozilla Firefox:
    1. Open Firefox and type about:config into the location bar.
    2. Type network.n into the Filter field and double-click network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris.
    3. Enter the address of the server that hosts IBM® Connections, for example, enterprise.example.com.
    4. Click OK to save the change.
    5. If the deployed SPNEGO solution is using the advanced Kerberos application of Credential Delegation, double-click network.negotiate-auth.delegation-uris. This preference defines the sites for which the browser can delegate user authorization to the server. Enter a comma-delimited list of trusted domains or URLs.
    6. Restart Firefox to apply the configuration change.