## Introduction

MinIO provides a custom STS API that allows integration with LDAP based corporate environments including Microsoft Active Directory. The MinIO server uses a separate LDAP service account to lookup user information. The login flow for a user is as follows:

- User provides their AD/LDAP username and password to the STS API.
- MinIO looks up the user's information (specifically the user's Distinguished Name) in the LDAP server.

    String username;
    /** The password for authentication */
    String password;
    /** The ANSI password hash */
    byte[] ansiHash;
    /** The Unicode password hash */
    byte[] unicodeHash;
    /** Flag indicating if hashes are externally provided */
    boolean hashesExternal = false;
    /** The client challenge for NTLM authentication */
    byte[] clientChallenge = null;

    /**
     * AES-256-GCM cipher identifier for SMB3.1.1 encryption (future support)
     */
    public static final int CIPHER_AES_256_GCM = 0x0004;

    /**
     * Transform header flag indicating the message is encrypted
     */
    public static final int TRANSFORM_FLAG_ENCRYPTED = 0x0001;

    /**
     * Create encryption context
     *
     * @param cipherId

                             * UniAddress calls always use this
                             * because it specifies addr
                             */
            request.addr = addr; /* if addr ends with 255 flag it bcast */
            request.isBroadcast = isBroadcastAddress(addr);

            int n = this.transportContext.getConfig().getNetbiosRetryCount();
            do {
                try {

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