Re: SASL related files in gnus/

[Richard Stallman]

    >     > sasl-ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <address@hidden>

    This adds the NTLM authentication mechanism to sasl.el.

What is the NTLM authentication mechanism?
What job does it do?

    >     > ntlm.el:;; Author: Taro Kawagishi <address@hidden>

    This provides the raw NTLM authentication mechanism, which is used by
    sasl-ntlm.el.

We should probably move ntlm.el to lisp/net, but before deciding that
I'd like to know more about NTLM.