Network.auth.use-sspi

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is network.auth-use-sspi.

This article describes the preference network.auth-use-sspi. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

Contents

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 true
- 2.2 false
3 Caveats
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 Related preferences
8 External links

Background

Kerberos is a authentication protocol. This preference determines whether to use SSPI or GSSAPI for Kerberos authentication.

Possible values and their effects

true

Use SSPI. (Default on Windows)

false

Use GSSAPI. (Default on other OSes)

Caveats

SSPI only works on Windows.

First checked in

2005-08-17 by David Bienvenu

Has an effect in

Firefox (all versions since 1.5, Windows OS)
Thunderbird (all versions since 1.5, Windows OS)
SeaMonkey (all versions since 1.0, Windows OS)

Related bugs

Related preferences

network.negotiate-auth.gsslib

External links

Integrated Auth

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Categories: Preferences | Security and privacy-related preferences | Preferences (Thunderbird)