!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([WIA]) or [Integrated Windows Authentication] ([IWA]) are a terms associated with [Microsoft] products that refers to the [SPNEGO], [Kerberos], and [NTLM SSP] [authentication] [protocols] with respect to [SSPI] functionality introduced with Microsoft Windows 2000 and included with later Windows NT-based operating systems. The term is used more commonly for the automatically authenticated connections between Microsoft Internet Information Services, Internet Explorer, and other [Microsoft Active Directory] aware applications.

With Integrated Windows [authentication] (formerly called [NTLM], and also known as Windows NT Challenge/Response authentication), the user name and password (credentials) are hashed before being sent across the network. When you enable [Integrated Windows Authentication], the client browser proves its knowledge of the password through a [cryptographic] exchange with your Web server, involving [hashing].

[{$pagename}] is an [Authentication Agent] for Windows Operating Systems.

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