return !this.areHashesExternal();
            }
            NtlmPasswordAuthentication ntlm = (NtlmPasswordAuthentication) obj;
            if ( this.areHashesExternal() && ntlm.areHashesExternal() ) {
                return Arrays.equals(this.ansiHash, ntlm.ansiHash) && Arrays.equals(this.unicodeHash, ntlm.unicodeHash);
                /*
                 * This still isn't quite right. If one npa object does not have external