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Anthony

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Jul 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/16/97
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If you use NTLM authentication, it should be secure, since passwords will
not go over the network in the clear. You could also use SSL to secure the
entire session, although that would not be without an impact on
performance.
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Anthony

Bill Smith <bill....@gs.com> wrote in article
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> Folks,
> I would like to be able to setup my Web connector a server visible
> to the internet. One of the problems in doing this is that the standard
> authentication method it your NT domain/userID and password. Has anyone
> looked at how to replace this method with your own method of
> authentication (using ISAPI maybe) such as Secure ID or kerberos ID, and
> then have it pick up the right NT account credentials to access your
> mailbox? I can probably envision a way to protect the login.asp with a
> different authentication method but can't envision a way to prevent the
> user from having to also enter in their NT account information again.
>
> Bill Smith
> Goldman, Sachs
>


Bill Smith

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