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Migrating from NTLM to Negotiate in a nutshell
Migrating to Negotiate from NTLM is quite simple in most cases. It breaks down into these four simple steps: First, build an SPN for your Service When I talk to people about using Negotiate, there’s often this moment of terror when they realize they’re Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 5:51 PM by Authentication | 1 Comments

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NTLM’s time has passed
IMHO, Microsoft’s NTLM authentication protocol is getting a bit long on the tooth. Although we still support it for various reasons (many of which are obvious), you should look very sternly upon it if your application uses it. In case you’re not familiar Read More...

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 2:45 AM by Authentication | 1 Comments

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New Authentication Functionality in Windows Vista
GINAs Replaced with New Credential Providers In previous releases, the customization of interactive user logon was done by creating a custom GINA. Despite the name, GINAs were responsible for more than simply gathering authentication information and rendering Read More...

Posted Saturday, March 18, 2006 12:06 AM by Authentication | 14 Comments

Introducing the team
The Windows Authentication Team has 4 Program Managers, 8 developers and 8 testers and works on the core Windows authentication components such as the LSA and is responsible for Windows authentication protocols including Kerberos, SSL, NTLM and Digest. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:00 PM by Authentication | 1 Comments

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