/* This still isn't quite right. If one npa object does not have external
                     * hashes and the other does then they will not be considered equal even
                     * though they may be.
                     */
                } else if( !hashesExternal && password.equals( ntlm.password )) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

                /*
                 * This still isn't quite right. If one npa object does not have external
                 * hashes and the other does then they will not be considered equal even
                 * though they may be.
                 */
            }
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }


    /**
     * @return whether the hashes are externally supplied
     */