}

    /**
     * Retrieves an NTLM challenge from a domain controller for the configured domain.
     *
     * @return the NTLM challenge from the domain controller
     * @throws SmbException if an SMB error occurs
     * @throws UnknownHostException if the domain controller cannot be resolved
     */

     * for the specified servlet request.
     *
     * @param req The request being serviced.
     * @param resp The response.
     * @param challenge The domain controller challenge.
     * @throws IOException If an IO error occurs.
     * @throws ServletException If an error occurs.
     */
    /**
     * Calls the static {@link #authenticate(HttpServletRequest,

        this.ruleManager = ruleManager;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the interval controller.
     * @return The IntervalController.
     */
    public IntervalController getIntervalController() {
        return intervalController;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the interval controller.
     * @param intervalController The IntervalController.
     */

     */
    boolean isTrustedDomain(CIFSContext tf, String domain) throws CIFSException;

    /**
     * Get a connection to the domain controller for a given domain
     *
     * @param tf the CIFS context
     * @param domain the domain name
     * @return connection to the domain controller
     * @throws CIFSException if the connection fails
     */
    SmbTransport getDc(CIFSContext tf, String domain) throws CIFSException;

     * @param tc the CIFS context to use
     *
     * @param req
     *            The request being serviced.
     * @param resp
     *            The response.
     * @param challenge
     *            The domain controller challenge.
     * @return credentials passed in the servlet request
     * @throws IOException
     *             If an IO error occurs.
     */

     *            The hostname of the server that should be queried. For maximum efficiency this should be the hostname
     *            of a domain controller however a member server will work as well and a domain controller may not
     *            return names for SIDs corresponding to local accounts for which the domain controller is not an
     *            authority.
     * @param sids

        this.ruleManager = ruleManager;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the interval controller.
     * @return The IntervalController instance.
     */
    public IntervalController getIntervalController() {
        return intervalController;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the interval controller.
     * @param intervalController The IntervalController instance to set.
     */

     * @param tc
     *            context to use
     * @param type1
     *            The Type-1 message which this represents a response to.
     * @param challenge
     *            The challenge from the domain controller/server.
     * @param target
     *            The authentication target.
     */
    public Type2Message(final CIFSContext tc, final Type1Message type1, final byte[] challenge, final String target) {

    /**
     * Creates a Type-2 message in response to the given Type-1 message.
     *
     * @param type1 The Type-1 message which this represents a response to.
     * @param challenge The challenge from the domain controller/server.
     * @param target The authentication target.
     */
    public Type2Message(final Type1Message type1, final byte[] challenge, final String target) {
        this(getDefaultFlags(type1), challenge,

     *            of a domain controller however a member server will work as well and a domain controller may not
     *            return names for SIDs corresponding to local accounts for which the domain controller is not an
     *            authority.
     * @param tc