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Re: SSHD pubkey authentication


> The reason is the restriction for changing user context on NT/W2K.
> You can do this only by providing the password of that user, even
> if the process is running under LocalSystem account.
>
But then how can IIS authenticate (in https) using only private key?

Of course they have some special access to some special not documented
API to change active user?

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Lapo 'Raist' Luchini
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