Allow Basic authentication for HTTP
- Policy ID
- BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- Microsoft Edge version 88, Windows 7 or later
- Source
- Microsoft Edge Policy Templates (version 155.0.4283.45)
- Category
- Microsoft Edge › HTTP authentication
Description
If you enable or don't configure this policy, Basic authentication challenges received over nonsecure HTTP are allowed.
If you disable this policy, nonsecure HTTP requests from the Basic authentication scheme are blocked, and only secure HTTPS is allowed.
This policy setting is ignored (and Basic is always forbidden) if the 'AuthSchemes' (Supported authentication schemes) policy is set and doesn't include Basic.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- BasicAuthOverHttpEnabledREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- BasicAuthOverHttpEnabledREG_DWORD