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If you ever have the need to configure digest authentication in IIS 6 then here are the steps:

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the Web Sites folder, Web site, directory, virtual directory, or file, and click Properties.
2. Configuration settings made at the Web Sites folder level can be inherited by all Web sites.
3. Click the Directory Security or File Security tab, depending on the level at which you want to configure security settings.
4. In the Anonymous access and authentication control section, click Edit.
5. In the Authenticated access section, select the Digest authentication for Windows domain servers check box.
6. In the Realm box, type the realm name, or click Select to browse for a domain.
7. Click OK twice.
8. Restart the W3SVC service.

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