Tag Archives: HttpServletRequest.getRemoteUser()

This article details how to get a Java-based web-application to negotiate with a IE web client for username and domain information. This is a common requirement for web-based applications especially ones that do not want to bore users with a login page. IE will negotiate a user’s password hashes with the webserver, which checks their authenticity against a windows domain controller. If valid, the user’s username and domain will be accessible to the webserver servlets. NTLM Authentication and how we … More ->