Takeaways
- Similar to
401 Unauthorized
, but it indicates that the client needs to authenticate itself in order to use a proxy. - The proxy must send a Proxy-Authenticate header field containing a challenge applicable to that proxy for the target resource.
- The client may repeat the request with a new or replaced
Proxy-Authorization
header field.
Example
HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:28:00 GMT
Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="Access to internal site"