> > Why would there be no UserInteraction i.e. authentication dialogs? > > Because XML-RPC is supposed not to run in a browser or something > similar, but interactively. I doubt that it has any effect, though, > the exception being within an applet or something similar. Is that the > case?
Yes, but the problem is the same for xmlrpc-lite. > > > > Could anyone confirm that this is the reason that anything that goes > > beyond basic authentiation would fail? > > I have absolutely *no* idea about NTLM authentication. ntlm is supported via jre 1.4.?+. Microsoft is (mis?)using the 403 response codes for authentication, the auth process: 1. request, response 403 - please use ntml 2. request with ntlm userid, response 403 - here's some random data 3. request with signed random data, resonse: 200 here you go
