When using CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) with Internet Explorer – does it support providing an Authroization (i.e. for basic Auth)?
When using CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) with Internet Explorer – does it support providing
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When using CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) with Internet Explorer – does it support providing an Authroization (i.e. for basic Auth)?
Short answer: no. Longer answer:
Internet Explorer 7 and below has no support for CORS
Internet Explorer 8 and 9 has limited CORS support via the XDomainRequest object. The XDomainRequest object does not support custom headers, therefore it can’t support the
Authorizationheader. (source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2010/05/13/xdomainrequest-restrictions-limitations-and-workarounds.aspx)The upcoming Internet Explorer 10 will have full support for CORS, which includes support for custom headers like
Authorization. (source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/09/cors-for-xhr-in-ie10.aspx)