Hello,

> So when is 4.0 expected

The first alpha in a few weeks, Oleg is working hard on it.
A reasonably stable alpha or the beta hardly before 2008.

> and is there a chance that NTLM v2 is also implemented.

No, there is no chance. As the authentication guide states:

> NT Lan Manager (NTLM) authentication is a proprietary, closed
> challenge/response authentication protocol for Microsoft Windows.

We're not in a position to sign IP licensing contracts with
Microsoft. There is no independent implementation of NTLMv2
available as Open Source Software. The closest thing is jCIFS
which has support for LMv2, a subset of NTLMv2. But they are
GPL-licensed and not compatible with the Apache License. We
can't link to their code without jumping through many loops.

There are thoughts about starting a non-Apache project that
would add LMv2 authentication via jCIFS. But there is no point
in such a project until HttpClient 3.0 has reached at least
a minor level of stability.

This question is also addressed in our NTLM FAQ:
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-httpclient/FrequentlyAskedNTLMQuestions

cheers,
  Roland


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