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From:	Siddhant Saraf <siddhantsaraf AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2014 23:15:42 +0530
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Subject:	Re: Feature request - option to save username and password for proxy in setup.exe
To:	Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de> wrote:
> 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).

Fwiw, my proxy uses OpenLDAP authentication.

Is storing password that difficult or is it due to security concerns ? hmm..

Siddhant

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