[jcifs] Small issues with 0.7.0b2

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Christopher R. Hertel [SMTP:crh at ubiqx.mn.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:32 PM
> To:	Allen, Michael B (RSCH)
> Cc:	'crh at ubiqx.mn.org'; jcifs at samba.org
> Subject:	Re: [jcifs] Small issues with 0.7.0b2
> 
> > I don't think I'll get to that for quite a while. Why don't you install resin and run
> > NetworkExplorer? That would be a *much* cooler demo anyway. Resin is at
> > http://www.caucho.com. I think you just unzip it somewhere, run bin/httpd start in the
> > resin dir, and point your browser at http://mymachine:8080/. If you get that far let me
> > know and I'll tell you how to get NetworkExplorer going if the NTLM HTTP Auth doc
> > doesn't cut it.
> 
> Which browser do I need in order to run this?  Do I understand correctly 
> that it's browser specific?
> 
	There are two modes of operation. The more interesting one is to enable NTLM HTTP
	Authentication. MSIE users (not Mozilla) will be able to connect to your machine and
	then "explore" the entire network using the creds they negotiated via NTLM HTTP Auth.

	If you just want to show it off on your local machine with Mozilla, you can comment out
	the "filter-mapping" and explicity specify a domain/user/pass. Note however that users
	will be able to connecto to your machine and "explore the net with *your* creds. Oops.

> Is there any chance that someone could make a system available over the 
> 'net?  How unsafe is that?
> 
	Not unsafe really but someone would have to expose their files. Also, MSIE will not
	egotiate NTLM HTTP Authentication over the "Internet" and with good reason. See
	Jasons recent message about that.

> Chris -)-----
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