return Base64.encode(type1Message.toByteArray());

        }

        public String generateType3Msg(String username, String password, String domain, String workstation, String challenge) throws NTLMEngineException {

            Type3Message type3Message = new Type3Message(type2Message, password, domain, username, workstation, Type3Message.getDefaultFlags());

            return Base64.encode(type3Message.toByteArray());

        }

        }

        private Type2Message decodeType2Message(String challenge) throws NTLMEngineException {

            try {

            } catch (final IOException exception) {

                throw new NTLMEngineException("Invalid Type2 message", exception);

            }

        }

        if (authMethod == null) return null;

        NtlmMessage message = null;

        if (authorization != null) {

            try {

            } catch (IOException ioe) {

                ioe.printStackTrace();

                return null;

            }

        }

        // reconnect();

        int flags = NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_NTLM2 | NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_ALWAYS_SIGN | NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_NTLM | NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_REQUEST_TARGET | NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_OEM | NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_UNICODE;

        if (message == null) {

            message = new Type1Message(flags, null, null);

        } else {

            credentials = credentials.substring(authMethod.length()+1); // strip off the "NTLM " or "Negotiate "

            credentials = new String(Base64.decode(credentials)); // decode the base64

            String domain = credentials.substring(0, credentials.indexOf("\\"));

            String user = credentials.substring(domain.length()+1, credentials.indexOf(":"));

            String password = credentials.substring(domain.length()+user.length()+2);

            flags ^= NtlmFlags.NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_OEM;

            message = new Type3Message(type2, password, domain, user, null, flags);

        }

        return authMethod + " " + Base64.encode(message.toByteArray());

    }

        } else {

          try

          {

         

          // The below constructor of Type3Message of jcifs library has been changed

          // to fix issues while updating latest jcifs-1.3.5.jar in SP connector.

          // The extra parameter int represents flag to support ntlm2, support message integrity,

          // confidentiality, session security and 128-bit encryption while creating TYpe3Message.

          // As the immediate lines of code below to the constructor set all these required flags, passing 0 as a parameter/falg to create

      return t1m.toString();

    } else {

      try

      {

     

      // The below constructor of Type3Message of jcifs library has been changed

      // to fix issues while updating latest jcifs-1.3.5.jar in SP connector 2.8v.

      // The extra parameter int represents flag to support ntlm2, support message integrity,

      // confidentiality, session security and 128-bit encryption while creating TYpe3Message

      // object.as the immediate lines of code below to this constructor set all these required flags, passing 0 as a parameter/falg to create

     */

    public Type2Message parseType2Message(String message) throws IOException{

        // Decode the message first.

        byte[] msg = Base64.decodeBase64(EncodingUtil.getBytes(message, DEFAULT_CHARSET));

       

        return t2m;

    }