3.2.5.2 Receiving an NNTP_AUTH_NTLM_Blob_Command Message

The expected state is inside_authentication.

When a server receives this message, it MUST de-encapsulate the message, obtain the embedded NTLM message, and pass it to the NTLM software. The NTLM software MUST then take one of the following actions:

  1. Report success in processing the message and return an NTLM message to continue the authentication.

  2. Report that authentication completed successfully.

  3. Report that the authentication failed due to a bad user name or password, as specified in [MS-NLMP].

  4. Report that the authentication failed, which could be due to some other software error or message corruption.