* @param resp
     *            The servlet response
     * @param skipAuthentication
     *            If true the negotiation is only done if it is
     *            initiated by the client (MSIE post requests after successful NTLM SSP
     *            authentication). If false and the user has not been authenticated yet
     *            the client will be forced to send an authentication (server sends

    public String getHostName () {
        /*
         * 2010 - We no longer try a Node Status to get the
         * hostname because apparently some servers do not respond
         * anymore. I think everyone post Windows 98 will accept
         * an IP address as the tconHostName which is the principal
         * use of this method.
         */
        if ( this.hostName.isUnknown() ) {
            return getHostAddress();

     * @param req The servlet request
     * @param resp The servlet response
     * @param skipAuthentication If true the negotiation is only done if it is
     * initiated by the client (MSIE post requests after successful NTLM SSP
     * authentication). If false and the user has not been authenticated yet
     * the client will be forced to send an authentication (server sends
     * HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED).

 */ 

    public String getHostName() {
        /* 2010 - We no longer try a Node Status to get the
         * hostname because apparently some servers do not respond
         * anymore. I think everyone post Windows 98 will accept
         * an IP address as the tconHostName which is the principal
         * use of this method.
         */
        if (hostName == UNKNOWN_NAME) {
            return getHostAddress();