Re: Request for ntlm_auth helper name change in 3.1

Guido Serassio wrote:
> 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
>

The users who have needed to use it recently pretty much overrule
complete removal in 3.1.

Does squid_smb_lm_auth cover everyones understanding of it?

Amos

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