Daniel Black's clarfication about the NTLM support

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Daniel Stenberg 2007-06-11 07:27:02 +00:00
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4.9 Curl can't authenticate to the server that requires NTLM?
This is supported in curl 7.10.6 or later. No earlier curl version knows
of this magic.
of this magic. Later versions require the OpenSSL or Microsoft Windows
libraries to provide this functionality. Using GnuTLS or NSS libraries will
not provide NTLM authentication functionality in curl.
NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Proprietary formats are evil. You
should not use such ones.