Folks, I think we are reasonably close to HttpClient 4.0 ALPHA2 and it is time we made some kind of (preliminary) decision on the NTLM authentication support in HttpClient 4.x codeline.
I personally have neither capacity nor inclination to set up a Microsoft test lab at home with all sorts of Windows versions and Microsoft products. I strongly suspect none of the present committers does as well. I long hoped we might find some kind soul willing to contribute an AuthScheme based on jCIFS, someone knowledgeable enough about Microsoft stuff and motivated enough to not just contribute code but also to stick around to maintain and support it. Let's face it, this may take a pretty long while, maybe forever. So, it now all boils down to the following dilemma (1) Ship HttpClient 4.0 without NTLM support at all, stoically take all the whining and b*tching on the user list but give people some incentive to scratch their own itch (so to speak). (2) Port old NTLM code from HttpClient 3.x to give the users at least NTLMv1 support but stand the risk this code _may_ be infringing on some Microsoft IP. Thoughts? Alternatives? Evil Comrade Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
