From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:27:02 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Daniel Black's clarfication about the NTLM support X-Git-Tag: curl-7_16_3~43 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a32eaffa779da793f5ca93206e5ae9ee50f80969;p=curl Daniel Black's clarfication about the NTLM support --- diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index e2bf53ae0..ce47f3351 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -755,7 +755,9 @@ FAQ 4.9 Curl can't authenticate to the server that requires NTLM? This is supported in curl 7.10.6 or later. No earlier curl version knows - of this magic. + of this magic. Later versions require the OpenSSL or Microsoft Windows + libraries to provide this functionality. Using GnuTLS or NSS libraries will + not provide NTLM authentication functionality in curl. NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Proprietary formats are evil. You should not use such ones.