swift-server / swift-server/async-http-client
Support for NTLM authentication (or other connection-scoped authentication)
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- Swift
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Description
Besides the currently available "Basic" and "Bearer" authentication it would be great to see support for NTLM authentication, either directly or by enabling connection-scoped authentication in a generic way to NTLM can be added on top of AsyncHTTPClient.
Relates to: #354
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing AsyncHTTPClient's existing Basic and Bearer authentication handling, then read related issue #354. Define whether the goal is direct NTLM support or a generic connection-scoped authentication mechanism, and document completion criteria before implementing it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- authentication, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100