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From:	Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	Siddhant Saraf <siddhantsaraf AT gmail DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Feature request - option to save username and password for proxy in setup.exe
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Date:	Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:29:25 +0200
In-Reply-To:	<CAMOE0=VnNAZ0KCcutz5wn+U3do5p9OyDa_=DN7sZ-WD=DxvZSg@mail.gmail.com> (Siddhant Saraf's message of "Wed, 2 Jul 2014 07:03:31 +0530")
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Siddhant Saraf writes:
> If the proxy requires authentication, it prompts for username and
> pasword. Can it include an option to save the username and password
> too ?

The username is unlikely to be a problem, but storing the password would
be a no-no.  Since it is very likely that the authenticating proxy is
actually asking for NTLM authentication, you'd be better off using cntlm
(and use the NTLMv2 method with an NTLM hash).


Regards,
Achim.
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