Overview of the NT Authentication Option
The NT authentication option allows you to use Windows NT user names, passwords and domains to control the security logins of the web interface of your Lyris List Manager. This allows
you to centralize your security profiles within the Windows NT framework, rather than needing to use the separate framework, which Lyris List Manager provides. For example, if you are using IIS,
which also supports NT security authentication, you can coordinate your Lyris List Manager and IIS security through NT security.
This NT authentication option only works for sites running their Lyris List Manager on Windows NT. It does not matter what client operating system you use for your web browser.
Here is an example: You can have a NT security group called "lyris-server-admin", use the NT User Manager to assign users to that group, then use this NT user name and password to log into the web
interface. If the user changes their password, this password is automatically reflected in what Lyris List Manager requires. In fact, with this option, Lyris List Manager no longer stores names and
passwords in its databases, but instead performs live checks against the NT security registry to authenticate login attempts and determine user security.
Note: This option only controls web interface logins to the web interface. It does not control the security of email messages or the security of members of a list.
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