*             versions will allow to do this safely.
 */
@Deprecated
public class NtlmHttpURLConnection extends HttpURLConnection {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NtlmHttpURLConnection.class);
    private static final int MAX_REDIRECTS = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("http.maxRedirects", "20"));

    private HttpURLConnection connection;

 * Wraps an <code>HttpURLConnection</code> to provide NTLM authentication
 * services.
 *
 * Please read <a href="../../../httpclient.html">Using jCIFS NTLM Authentication for HTTP Connections</a>.
 */
public class NtlmHttpURLConnection extends HttpURLConnection {

    private static final int MAX_REDIRECTS =
            Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("http.maxRedirects", "20"));

    private static final int LM_COMPATIBILITY =

package jcifs.https;


import jcifs.CIFSContext;
import jcifs.http.NtlmHttpURLConnection;


/**
 * A <code>URLStreamHandler</code> used to provide NTLM authentication
 * capabilities to the default HTTPS handler. This acts as a wrapper,
 * handling authentication and passing control to the underlying
 * stream handler.
 * 
 * @deprecated {@link NtlmHttpURLConnection} is broken by design.
 */
@Deprecated

 * capabilities to the default HTTP handler. This acts as a wrapper,
 * handling authentication and passing control to the underlying
 * stream handler.
 * 
 * @deprecated {@link NtlmHttpURLConnection} is broken by design.
 */
@Deprecated
public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Handler.class);

    /**

    }

    protected URLConnection openConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
        url = new URL(url, url.toExternalForm(),
                getDefaultStreamHandler(url.getProtocol()));
        return new NtlmHttpURLConnection((HttpURLConnection)
                url.openConnection());
    }

    private static URLStreamHandler getDefaultStreamHandler(String protocol)
            throws IOException {