commit bbd266b01010ae4543fc3db7896d906ab693d4cb Author: Mike Perry mikeperry-git@torproject.org Date: Wed Aug 27 15:19:10 2014 -0700
Bug 12974: Disable NTLM and Negotiate HTTP Auth
This is technically an embargoed Mozilla bug, so I probably shouldn't provide too many details.
Suffice to say that NTLM and Negotiate auth are bad for Tor users, and I doubt very many (or any of them) actually need it.
The Mozilla bug is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1046421 --- extensions/auth/nsHttpNegotiateAuth.cpp | 4 ++++ netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpNTLMAuth.cpp | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/extensions/auth/nsHttpNegotiateAuth.cpp b/extensions/auth/nsHttpNegotiateAuth.cpp index 99720475b9dd..1c08fcf3da7e 100644 --- a/extensions/auth/nsHttpNegotiateAuth.cpp +++ b/extensions/auth/nsHttpNegotiateAuth.cpp @@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ nsHttpNegotiateAuth::ChallengeReceived(nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel* authChannel, nsIAuthModule* rawModule = (nsIAuthModule*)*continuationState;
*identityInvalid = false; + + /* Always fail Negotiate auth for Tor Browser. We don't need it. */ + return NS_ERROR_ABORT; + if (rawModule) { return NS_OK; } diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpNTLMAuth.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpNTLMAuth.cpp index 0a30de051014..891aaadfd758 100644 --- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpNTLMAuth.cpp +++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpNTLMAuth.cpp @@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ nsHttpNTLMAuth::ChallengeReceived(nsIHttpAuthenticableChannel* channel,
*identityInvalid = false;
+ /* Always fail Negotiate auth for Tor Browser. We don't need it. */ + return NS_ERROR_ABORT; + // Start a new auth sequence if the challenge is exactly "NTLM". // If native NTLM auth apis are available and enabled through prefs, // try to use them.