NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth2 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password2);
        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth3 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password3);

        // Test equality with same password
        assertEquals(auth1, auth2);
        assertEquals(auth1.hashCode(), auth2.hashCode());

        // Test inequality with different password

        byte[] actual = NtlmUtil.getNTHash(password);

        // Assert
        assertArrayEquals(expected, actual, "NT hash must match known test vector");
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("getNTHash: verify different passwords produce different hashes")
    void testGetNTHash_differentPasswords() {
        // Arrange
        String password1 = "password";
        String password2 = "Password";

        // Act

        // Verify it returns a clone, not the original
        password[0] = 'X';
        char[] password2 = authenticator.getPasswordAsCharArray();
        assertNotEquals(password[0], password2[0], "Should return a clone, not the original");
    }

    @Test
    public void testPasswordConstructorWithCharArray() {
        char[] passwordChars = "charArrayPassword".toCharArray();

        return hmac.digest();
    }

    /**
     * Generates the NT password hash for the given password.
     *
     * @param password the password to hash
     * @return nt password hash
     */
    public static byte[] getNTHash(final String password) {
        if (password == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("Password parameter is required");
        }

        return ntResponse;
    }

    /**
     * Generates the NTOWFv1 hash for the given password.
     *
     * @param password the password to hash
     * @return the NTOWFv1 hash bytes
     */
    public static byte[] nTOWFv1(final String password) {
        if (password == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Password parameter is required");
        }
        try {
            final MD4 md4 = new MD4();

        }
    }

    // Test constructor with domain, username, and password
    @Test
    void testConstructorWithDomainUsernamePassword() {
        NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("DOMAIN", "user", "password");
        assertEquals("DOMAIN", auth.getDomain());
        assertEquals("user", auth.getUsername());
        assertEquals("password", auth.getPassword());
    }

If the passwords don't match, we return the same error.

#### Password hashing { #password-hashing }

"Hashing" means: converting some content (a password in this case) into a sequence of bytes (just a string) that looks like gibberish.

Whenever you pass exactly the same content (exactly the same password) you get exactly the same gibberish.

                "msg": "String should match pattern '^password$'",
                "input": grant_type,
                "ctx": {"pattern": "^password$"},
            }
        ]
    }


def test_strict_login_correct_data():
    response = client.post(
        "/login",
        data={"username": "johndoe", "password": "secret", "grant_type": "password"},
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200

     * the supplied password.
     *
     * @param type2 The Type-2 message.
     * @param password The password.
     * @return A <code>byte[]</code> containing the LanManager response.
     */
    public static byte[] getLMResponse(final Type2Message type2, final String password) {
        if (type2 == null || password == null) {
            return null;
        }

            server = server.clone();

            String password = server.getPassword();
            if (securityDispatcher.isAnyEncryptedString(password)) {
                try {
                    if (securityDispatcher.isLegacyEncryptedString(password)) {
                        problems.add(new DefaultSettingsProblem(
                                "Pre-Maven 4 legacy encrypted password detected for server " + server.getId()