Re: [serf-dev] [Patch] Adding NTLM Support to Serf - Work in progress / Subversion regression

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Ivan Zhakov <ivan_at_visualsvn.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl> wrote:
> [...]
>
>> The patch to serf 1.2.1 attached to this mail is a (tiny bit cleaned up)
>> hack based on the old code in ra_serf, some code from an old serf branch and
>> the new in serf auth_kerb code, which re-enables the NTLM authentication
>> scheme in serf.
>>
>>
> I'm -1 for such patch:
> * It duplicates auth_kerb.c which intended to have the same auth code
> on different platforms with plugable platforms specific code
>
> * serf should not try use NTLM authentication if server supports Negotiate.

So you are saying you do not think Serf should support mod_auth_sspi
and do not consider this a regression? Could you explain that
position with more detail?

AFAIK, that is the primary way users have configured their servers to
do this kind of automatic authentication via Windows.

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Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/