3.2.5.2 Receiving a POP3_AUTH_NTLM_Blob_Command Message

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The expected state is inside_authentication.

On receiving this message, a server must de-encapsulate the message, obtain the embedded NTLM message, and pass it to the NTLM subsystem. The NTLM subsystem can take one of the following actions:

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

  • Report that authentication completed successfully.

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

  • Report that authentication failed due to some other software error or message corruption, as specified in [MS-NLMP].