rlm_cache and ntlm_auth

[Phil Mayers]

On 25/11/13 12:26, Jonathan Gazeley wrote:
> Probably a simple question, but I've Googled it and I can't find the
> answer.
>
> Is it possible to wrap an ntlm_auth backend in rlm_cache? Our active

No. Each mschap challenge is a random value, and the response depends on 
the challenge.

> directory is frequently quite slow. If we were able to grab at least
> some of these authentications from the cache I think it would help a lot.
>
> I don't know exactly what data is returned from NTLM, is it cacheable or
> does it have to be fresh each time? By the fact that I haven't found any
> mention of anyone doing this, I suspect it's probably not possible.

Correct.