Re: Request for ntlm_auth helper name change in 3.1

Hi Amos,

At 04.19 03/10/2008, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>Amos Jeffries wrote:
> > Kinkie wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Henrik Nordstrom
> >> <henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net> wrote:
> >>> Can we please rename ntlm_auth to ntlm_smb_auth in the 3.1 release?
> >>>
> >>> Having this helper named the same as Samba ntlm_auth is confusing.
> >>
> >> +1.
> >> I would also support removing it altogether.
> >>
> >
> > +1 on the name change.
> >
> > Though I recall several someones recently had need of a helper that
> > didn't need samba installed. Even if it was rather limited.
> >
> >
> > Amos
>
>Actually, what reasoning has gone into using "ntlm_smb_auth" as the new
>name?

Because is not a real NTLM authenticator ...

It's based on a very old Lan Manager SMB code, it cannot work on a
Windows 2008 Active Directory Domain and when used on Windows 2003
Domains, the whole domain security level must be lowered in a very
dangerous way.

It' something similar to a Windows 3.11/95 network client.
Such clients was deprecated from Microsoft starting form Windows 2000 ....

>I'd would have guessed "squid_ntlm_auth" or ntlm_nodomain_auth" as a
>better description from what I've heard about it.

I think that the correct name could be squid_lm_auth.

But I still vote to remove it.

Regards

Guido

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