Hi Jef,
If Paul does implement NTAP, does this require having a Java Native Interface
to the NT environment.
I'm not sure if I'm stating the right thing here (pardon my ignorance.),
but wouldn't he be able to write a "simple" authentication program in
Visual C++ and bring that in to java as a native interface?
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---- Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Paul Nadler wrote:
> > Folks -
> >
> > Does anyone know a way (preferably a straightforward way) for JSP
> > code to pick up the user's NT Login via the rowser? We'd like our
> > servers to know the user's network login ID without the user having
> > to log in to the browser. (In other words, we'd like to create
> > something akin to a "trusted connection").
>
> Paul,
>
> This is only possible using VBScript on IE with IIS as your server
> (basically, use ASP). If you are looking for a way to authenticate
> (using
> an NT Domain Controller as your source of user information) then you
> can
> write java code which implements NTAP (there is plenty of documentation
> on
> how NTAP works) but this will still require the user to type their
> NT
> username and password within the web page.
>
> The solution to roll your own NT Authentication Protocol class is not
> trivial, but will give you browser and server independence. I believe
> jIntegra (dont remember the url off hand) does have this sort of
> functionality built into its package, but that package is quite expensive
> and from my experiences, you are better off construction your own objects
> to
> perform the NTAP.
>
> So, in answer to your question, a trusted connection can be achieved
> by
> using a very specific architecture (from server to browser) or you
> can write
> your own method to perform the authentication which still requires
> the user
> to actually type in the information and submit it to the server (unless
> you
> use cookies or some method to "remember" that information).
>
> Hope this sheds some light on your situation (one which I faced for
> quite
> some time) :)
>
> > Thanks.
>
> -jeff
>
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