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Proxy Authentication using logged on network credentials, works fine in Windows PowerShell

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials

(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://google.com').StatusCode

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

Error message being thrown from network proxy

Authentication Required
You must be authenticated to access this URL.

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.0-preview.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.0-preview.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

This works fine on the same machine using Windows PowerShell but doesn’t work in PowerShell 6 or above.

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:10

Top GitHub Comments

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mikes-ghcommented, Jan 29, 2021

@gabrielmccoll I tried with 7.1.1

PS C:\Users\mikes> [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials =[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
PS C:\Users\mikes>
PS C:\Users\mikes> (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://google.com').StatusCode
200

It now works for me 🎉

1reaction

iSazonovcommented, Jan 15, 2021

It comes from .Net.

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