[jcifs] NullPointerException in NtlmPasswordAuthentication.getNTLMv2Response(..)

[SD]

One is my internal self-signed testing MS Exchange server.

The other is https://exchange.1and1.com

Thank you.

SD

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Previous message on 11/28/08 at 12:43 PM -0500
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>On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:59 AM, SD <jcifs at sderman.com> wrote:
>>  I had a problem using NTLM authentication.  Servers with NTLMv2 worked fine,
>>  servers with NTLM pre v2 got a null pointer error.
>
>The problem isn't "servers with NTLM pre v2". It's simply that they
>are not returning the target info. That's a negotiated option.
>
>>  targetInfo is null in these cases, below is the updated function from
>>  NtlmPasswordAuthentication.java that has null checks.
>
>Ok. That seems logical. I'll apply these changes. Just out of
>curiosity, what are these servers that do not return targetInfo?
>
>Mike
>
>>
>>     public static byte[] getNTLMv2Response(
>>             byte[] responseKeyNT,
>>             byte[] serverChallenge,
>>             byte[] clientChallenge,
>>             long time,
>>             byte[] targetInfo)
>>     {
>>                   byte[] temp = new byte[28 + (targetInfo == null ? 0 :
>>                            targetInfo.length)];
>>
>>         Encdec.enc_uint32le(0x00000101, temp, 0); // Header
>>         Encdec.enc_uint32le(0x00000000, temp, 4); // Reserved
>>         Encdec.enc_uint64le((time +
>>                    SmbConstants.MILLISECONDS_BETWEEN_1970_AND_1601)
>>                  * 10000L, temp, 8);
>>         System.arraycopy(clientChallenge, 0, temp, 16, 8);
>>         Encdec.enc_uint32le(0x00000000, temp, 24); // Unknown
>>         if(targetInfo != null)
>>                       System.arraycopy(targetInfo, 0, temp, 28, 
>>targetInfo.length);
>>
>>         return NtlmPasswordAuthentication.computeResponse(responseKeyNT,
>>                         serverChallenge,
>>                         temp,
>>                         0,
>>                         temp.length);
>>     }
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>--
>Michael B Allen
>PHP Active Directory SPNEGO SSO
>http://www.ioplex.com/


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