In Firefox 30 the internal fallback implementation of the NTLM authentication schema talking only NTLMv1 has been disabled by default for security reasons.



If you are experiencing problems with authentication to NTLM or Negotiate http proxies or http servers since Firefox 30 you may need to switch network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 in about:config to true .

System API or library like SSPI, GSSAPI or ntlm_auth binary ; on the Window platform by default the SSPI is always attempted, on non-Windows systems must be allowed by modifying some of the Firefox preferences, see bellow

Our own internal NTLM implementation module that is currently disabled since it talks only NTLMv1 ; we may have some plans to implement NTLMv2 in the future

Firefox (Necko) knows two ways to authenticate to a proxy or a server that requires NTLM or LM authentication:

Note that if you are in an environment where the system API can be used we have no handles to influence what NTLM version is used. It’s fully up to your local system and network setting, Firefox has no control over it.

Preference list influencing NTLM authentication in Firefox

(Note: there is a similar list dedicated to the Negotiate schema)

EDIT : network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1-https Introduced in Forefox 31 on June 23th, 2014, enabled use of our own internal implementation of NTLM module that talks only NTLMv1 for connections to HTTPS servers (not proxies). Note: this preference influences both NTLM and Negotiate authentication scheme. deafult: true true: The NTLMv1 internal implementation module is enabled and used as a fallback for connecting secure HTTPS servers when system API authentication fails or cannot be used. false: Usage of the NTLMv1 module is controlled by network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1. network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 Introduced in Forefox 30 on April 25th, 2014, disables use of our own internal implementation of NTLM module that talks only NTLMv1. Note: this preference influences both NTLM and Negotiate authentication scheme. deafult: false true: The NTLMv1 internal implementation module is enabled and used as a fallback when system API authentication fails or cannot be used. false: Usage of the NTLMv1 module is hard-disabled, it won’t be used under any circumstances. network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies Allows use of the system (e.g. SSPI) authentication API when talking to (and only to) a proxy requiring NTLM authentication, this also allows sending user’s default credentials – i.e. the credentials user is logged in to the system – to the proxy automatically without prompting the user. deafult: true true: The system API (like SSPI) will be used to talk to the proxy, default credentials will be sent to the proxy automatically. false: Disallows send of default credentials to the proxy. On non-Windows platforms the fallback internal implementation, which is currently disabled, would be used. Hence with this setting you will not be able to authenticate to any NTLM proxy. network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris This is a list of URLs or schemes that you trust to automatically send the system default credentials without any prompts to when NTLM authentication is required, the system API like SSPI will be used. On non-Windows platforms without filling this list you cannot use the system NTLM API to authenticate and since the internal NTLM v1 is disabled, you will not be able to authenticate at all. deafult: an empty string example: “https://, http://intranet.com/” – this will allow sending the default credentials to any https: host and any address that starts with http://intranet/ you are connecting to automatically without prompts – BE CAREFUL HERE . network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-non-fqdn Influences automatic send of default system credentials to hosts with a non fully qualified domain names (e.g. http://corporate/, http://intranet/). deafult: false true: Allow automatic sending without prompts, this setting is examined before network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris check. With this setting there is no need to list your non-FQDN hosts in the network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris preference string. false: Automatic sending is not allowed to non-FQDN hosts, although particular hosts can be manually allowed in network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris. network.auth.force-generic-ntlm Forces in all cases and on all platforms use of the internal NTLM implementation. This effectively bypasses use of the system API and never sends the default system credentials. deafult: false true: In all cases and on all platforms always only use the internal NTLM implementation. With network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 at false this will actually completely turn of any attempts to do NTLM authentication to any server or proxy. false: When NTLM internal implementation is not disabled with network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 (default is disabled) it is only used when you are not on the Windows platform and the host being connected is neither a proxy nor an allowed non-FQDN host nor a listed trusted host.

Disclaimer: NO WARRANTY how accurate or complete this list is. I don’t know the Kerberos preferences (if there are any) at all. I am not the original author of this code, I’m only occasionally maintaining it as part of my HTTP work.