GloballyScopeHTTPAuthCacheEnabled

Enable globally scoped HTTP auth cache

Supported on:

  • Chrome (Windows) since version 80

Description:

This policy configures a single global per profile cache with HTTP server authentication credentials.

If this policy is unset or disabled, the browser will use the default behavior of cross-site auth, this behavior will be to scope HTTP server authentication credentials by top-level site, so if two sites use resources from the same authenticating domain, credentials will need to be provided independently in the context of both sites. Cached proxy credentials will be reused across sites.

If the policy is enabled, HTTP auth credentials entered in the context of one site will automatically be used in the context of another.

Enabling this policy leaves sites open to some types of cross-site attacks, and allows users to be tracked across sites even without cookies by adding entries to the HTTP auth cache using credentials embedded in URLs.

This policy is intended to give enterprises depending on the legacy behavior a chance to update their login procedures, and will be removed in the future.

true = Enable globally scoped HTTP authentication cache
false = Disable globally scoped HTTP authentication cache

Supported features:

  • Applied to browser without restart. Note that some ongoing tasks may not be affected.
  • Applied at Samsung Browser profile level.

Data type:

Boolean
Windows:REG_DWORD

Windows registry location:

Software\Policies\Samsung\Internet\GloballyScopeHTTPAuthCacheEnabled

Example value:

0x00000000

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