Re: NTLM buffer length insufficient

Frediano Ziglio <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.tds.freetds
Message-ID <CAHt6W4fK4ONdBVB_duQn=LMXEfVr1APRe6-dcaEPAMtaD1ieYg@mail.gmail.com>
2013/12/9  <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
> The default NTLM buffer length, as defined in tds/sspi.c (NTLMBUF_LEN = 4096) is insufficient in my environment. The token returned is 7566 bytes long. As a result, the call to InitializeSecurityContext() in tds_sspi_get_auth() returns SEC_E_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY.
>
> I have recompiled with a larger buffer size (16384) and tds_sspi_get_auth() now works.
>
> I wonder if this is the right way to fix this - should people adjust the buffer length as needed and rebuild? Or should the default be increased in the trunk?
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>


I don't see any problem with the patch. Perhaps we could use a
parameter to let InitializeSecurityContext allocate memory for you but
I have to test it.

Frediano
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