Configure NTLM Support in Web Browsers

  • KM01091647
  • 14-Aug-2014
  • 14-Aug-2014

Summary

This article describes how you can configure NTLM support in some of the widely used web browsers. *Internet Explorer *Mozilla Firefox

Answer

Internet Explorer
You can configure NTLM in Internet Explorer by following the steps given below.


1.     Start Internet Explorer and go to Tools à Internet Options to display the Internet Options window.


2.     Switch to Security tab and click Custom level... to configure Security Settings.

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3.     In the Security Settings – Internet Zone window, go to User Authentication  Logon and select Automatic logon with current username and password.

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Mozilla Firefox


You can configure NTLM in Mozilla Firefox by following the steps given below


1. Start Mozilla Firefox and browse to about:config. A warning message as shown below is displayed. Click “I’ll be careful, I promise!” to go to the about:config page.
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2. In the about:config page, search for network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris and double click to set its parameters.
Here, you can mention several URLs separated by commas or  * to represent all URLs.

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3. Restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.