[jcifs] NtlmHttpFilter very slow

[Michael B Allen]

Marcel Juffermans said:
> First of all, thanks very much for all your work, and sorry I'm writing
> to you directly rather than going through the mailing lists - it's just
> I'm pressed for time.
>
> However, this may be of use to you: NtlmHttpFilter can be made to work
> very much faster than it does now (jcifs_1.1.8). I spent considerable
> time working out why, and it turns the solution is to add:
>
>         resp.setContentLength(0);
>
> before every line that says:
>
>         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
>
> If the extra line isn't there, then IE 6 and FireFox will wait about a
> minute before concluding there isn't any data coming. If the line is
> there, they don't wait at all.

I think this is probably related to your server config. What's your
server/http server/container?

Mike