Re: windows integrated authentication question
From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 03/09/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:15:18 -0500
"Stephanie Stowe" <stowe@whackthisvsac.org> wrote in message
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> I am writing a JSP application. I have a servlet container (actually a
> Websphere application server) running on an IBM iSeries. I have a Windows
> machine running IIS as my HTTP server.
>
> I have a web site (folder under "default web site" within web sites). All
is
> working fine for authentication purposes since this is an internal app and
> we are all running IE.
>
> I need to retrieve the user's name (only, not password). I cannot
understand
> how this information is being sent from the browser in the request so I
> cannot figure out how to get the user name information. The help says:
>
> ..."is a secure form of authentication because the user name and password
> are hashed before being sent across the network. When you enable
Integrated
> Windows authentication, the user's browser proves its knowledge of the
> password through a cryptographic exchange with your Web server, involving
> hashing."
>
> I am not knowledgable enough to understand what this means.
>
> I would know how to do this in ASP. But alas, we are not using ASP. Can
> anyone point me to a direction to do this with straight up HTML, JSP or a
> Java servlet? I would appreciate it.
Wish I could help you, but I don't know JSP. I *can* tell you that you
can't do it with plain HTML.
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