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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:53:41 +0100
From: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
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Subject: Re: setup.exe question: Is the NetIO_IE5 class necessary ?
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Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pavel Tsekov" <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
> > What is the idea behind this class.. Do we actually need it ? :)
> 
> AFAIK it's a wrapper for the MS internet helper library .dll. If the low
> level http support works properly it may not be needed.

> However AFAIK the low level code doesn't handle NTLM authentication to
> proxies, which may affect some folk.

This answers my question :) Btw I thinks I had somewhere a document
which
described how to build and NTLM authentication respones. I'll try to
find
it.