assertEquals(context.size(), encodedSize);
            assertEquals(1, buffer[0]); // hash algo count (little endian)
            assertEquals(0, buffer[1]);
            assertEquals(8, buffer[2]); // salt length (little endian)
            assertEquals(0, buffer[3]);
            assertEquals(1, buffer[4]); // SHA512 hash algo (little endian)
            assertEquals(0, buffer[5]);

        dst[di++] = (byte) (i >> 16 & 0xFF);
        dst[di++] = (byte) (i >> 8 & 0xFF);
        dst[di] = (byte) (i & 0xFF);
        return 4;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a 16-bit unsigned integer in little-endian byte order.
     *
     * @param s the short value to encode
     * @param dst the destination byte array
     * @param di the starting index in the destination array
     * @return the number of bytes written (2)

    /**
     * Time encoding type: 1970 epoch, 32-bit seconds, little-endian.
     */
    public static final int TIME_1970_SEC_32LE = 2;

    /**
     * Time encoding type: 1904 epoch, 32-bit seconds, big-endian.
     */
    public static final int TIME_1904_SEC_32BE = 3;

    /**
     * Time encoding type: 1904 epoch, 32-bit seconds, little-endian.
     */
    public static final int TIME_1904_SEC_32LE = 4;

        // Reserved (2 bytes)
        buffer[index++] = 0;
        buffer[index++] = 0;

        // Flags (2 bytes) - little-endian
        int flags = 0x0001;
        buffer[index++] = (byte) (flags & 0xFF);
        buffer[index++] = (byte) ((flags >> 8) & 0xFF);

        // Session ID (8 bytes) - little-endian
        buffer[index++] = (byte) (testSessionId & 0xFF);
        buffer[index++] = (byte) ((testSessionId >> 8) & 0xFF);

        ndrBuffer.enc_ndr_short(0xABCD);
        assertEquals(2, ndrBuffer.getIndex()); // Aligned to 2, then advanced by 2
        assertEquals(2, ndrBuffer.getLength());
        assertEquals((byte) 0xCD, buffer[0]); // Little-endian
        assertEquals((byte) 0xAB, buffer[1]);

        ndrBuffer.setIndex(0);
        int val = ndrBuffer.dec_ndr_short() & 0xFFFF;
        assertEquals(0xABCD, val);

            verify(mockBuffer).enc_ndr_small(DcerpcConstants.RPC_C_PF_BROADCAST); // flags
            verify(mockBuffer).enc_ndr_long(0x00000010); // Little-endian / ASCII / IEEE
            verify(mockBuffer).enc_ndr_short(message.length);
            verify(mockBuffer, times(1)).enc_ndr_short(0); // auth_value length
            verify(mockBuffer).enc_ndr_long(message.call_id);

                        final RC4 rc4 = new RC4(ntlm2SessionKey);
                        rc4.update(masterKey, 0, 16, exchangedKey, 0);
                        /* RC4 was not added to Java until 1.5u7 so let's use our own for a little while longer ...
                        try {
                            Cipher rc4 = Cipher.getInstance("RC4");
                            rc4.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, new SecretKeySpec(ntlm2SessionKey, "RC4"));

        int bytesWritten = request.writeBytesWireFormat(buffer, offset);

        // Then
        assertEquals(4, bytesWritten, "Should write 4 bytes");
        // Check that structure size (4) is written as 2-byte little-endian
        assertEquals(4, buffer[offset] | (buffer[offset + 1] << 8), "Structure size should be 4");
        assertEquals(0, buffer[offset + 2], "Reserved bytes should be 0");

        @DisplayName("Should handle signed byte value correctly")
        void testReadBytesWireFormatSignedByteValue() {
            // Given
            byte[] buffer = new byte[10];
            // Write 4 in little-endian format
            buffer[0] = 0x04;
            buffer[1] = 0x00;

            // When & Then
            assertDoesNotThrow(() -> {
                int bytesRead = response.readBytesWireFormat(buffer, 0);

    void testReadParametersWireFormat() throws Exception {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[100];
        int expectedLength = 0x12345678;

        // Write length in little-endian format
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(expectedLength, buffer, 0);

        int result = response.readParametersWireFormat(buffer, 0, buffer.length);

        assertEquals(4, result);