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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Re: [PATCH] Repacing libntlm
From:       Szombathelyi_György <gyurco () freemail ! hu>
Date:       2004-11-02 13:34:13
Message-ID: 41878CD5.1080007 () freemail ! hu
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Jason Keirstead wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 November 2004 4:31 am, Szombathelyi György wrote:
> 
>>>Is there any way to integrate this into KMail so that the dependancy on
>>>Cyrus-SASL NTLM support is removed, and KMail can support NTLM out of the
>>>box?
>>
>>Cyrus-sasl is not just about NTLM. It supports many other mechanisms,
>>like GSSAPI, and is extendable via various plugins. I think it's a good
>>idea to keep it.
> 
> 
> I was not suggesting removing Cyrus-SASL
> 
> I was suggesting using KNTLM for the NTLM support, so that it can support NTLM 
> out of the box. 
> 
> NTLM is very, very, very common in corperate environments, and I think it is 
> something KMail should support without a thrid party liibrary if it is 
> possible using a library that will already be in kdelibs.
> 
NTLM is implemented as a SASL mechanism, so the SASL library should 
handle it. It is cyrus-sasl now. Without cyrus-sasl, mechanisms like 
PLAIN don't work, too.

Bye,
György

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