[Httpmail-devel] Re: Hotwayd

[Frank de L. <fr...@un...>]

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:43:31PM +0200, Uri Yanover wrote:
> > I'm currently trying to teach hotwayd to authenticate only when asked, and
> to
> the correct realm
> 
> Hi, I'm trying to do the same. Any ideas so far?
> 
> As to my personal findings, I'd come to notice that
> when authenticating at Passport, Outlook Express
> responds only to the _second_ authentication
> request, which is in the form of a
> WWW-Authorize request, not an Authenticate. In
> addition, Outlook sets a certain cookie
> (MSPPre=my...@ho...).

OK, got it working, but only using dmalloc. And since my glibc/dmalloc
combination stumbles over a missing atexit() in glibc (caused by a compiler
which does not know how to compile glibc), and my fake atexit() function which
I use for these purposes does not cause dmalloc's atexit functions to run (so
no logfile is generated, so no report)...

Talk about cascading problems...

But, the good new is it CAN work. Now only to get it to work without memory
problems. The program needs an overhaul anyway, as it is full over potential
buffer overruns. Not something I would want to have listening on my machine...

If I have the time I will do an audit of the thing (including libghttp, which
is in dire need of one), and make a somewhat safer version of it.

Don't hold your breath though...

Cheers//Frank
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