adrian 2003/08/14 02:08:50
Modified: httpclient/xdocs Tag: HTTPCLIENT_2_0_BRANCH
authentication.xml
Log:
Added note about having JCE on the classpath and using unqualified user names with
NTLM authentication.
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1.5.2.1 +14 -4 jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/authentication.xml
Index: authentication.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/xdocs/authentication.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.5.2.1
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.5.2.1
--- authentication.xml 21 Jun 2003 08:25:47 -0000 1.5
+++ authentication.xml 14 Aug 2003 09:08:50 -0000 1.5.2.1
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@
<p>NTLM authentication requires an instance of NTCredentials be
available for the <i>domain name</i> of the server or the default
credentials. Note that since NTLM does not use the notion of realms
- HttpClient uses the domain name of the server as the name of the
realm.</p>
+ HttpClient uses the domain name of the server as the name of the realm.
+ Also note that the username provided to the NTCredentials should not
+ be prefixed with the domain - ie: "adrian" is correct whereas
+ "DOMAIN\adrian" is not correct.</p>
<p>There are some significant differences in the way that NTLM works
compared with basic and digest authentication. These differences
@@ -151,8 +154,15 @@
of basic authentication available in the
<a
href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/examples/";>example
directory</a> in CVS.
</p>
- </section>
-
+ </section>
+
+ <section name="Troubleshooting">
+ <p>Some authentication schemes may use cryptographic algorithms. It is
recommended to include the
+ <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jce/"; target="_blank">Java
Cryptography Extension</a> in
+ your runtime environment prior to JDK 1.4.
+
+ </p>
+ </section>
</body>
</document>
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