[jcifs] NTLM session security

[Christopher R. Hertel]

For a better understanding of NTLMSSP, NTLMv2 Session Security, and CIFS
signing, I recommend the following...

http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/openspecification/archive/2010/04/20/ntlm-keys-and-sundry-stuff.aspx
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/openspecification/archive/2010/11/15/ntlm-terminology-ms-nlmp-vs-http-davenport-sourceforge-net-ntlm-html.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc236621.aspx

You might also have a look at the authentication section of
http://ubiqx.org/cifs/
Whch should provide the base understanding necessary to interpret the rest
of those docs.

Chris -)-----

Michael B Allen wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Mohan Radhakrishnan <mohanr at fss.co.in> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I might have understand this wrongly. Does this mean all data
>> passing through the socket using JCIFS is signed and verified at the
>> other end ?
> 
> If signatures are negotiated then yes.
> 
> But if you are looking for "NTLMv2 session security" like you might
> use with the Windows NTLMSSP, CIFS does not use that. CIFS implements
> it's own message signatures that are not even based on streams. Each
> CIFS message has a designated area for a signature. It only uses the
> encryption key negotiated during NTLMv2 authentication.
> 
> Mike
> 

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