What he means is that the browser will first attempt to establish itself as a web proxy client anonymously. Even if you¹ve changed your rules to require authentication for outbound web, the browser will still try, fail, and then authenticate itself. In your logs, you¹ll see this activity, and the anonymous attempt will be logged under ³anonymous.² t On 1/25/07 2:00 PM, "Greg Mulholland" <gmulholland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all: > a good browser will do that! > > Greg >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Michael Ross <mailto:mross@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:50 AM >> >> Subject: [isalist] anon? >> >> >> >> isa 2004 sp2 >> >> why would my logs show a user as anonymous? >