# Mechanize alternative that uses kerberos

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-alternative-that-uses-kerberos/188826>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 19, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-alternative-that-uses-kerberos/188826 "2010-05-19T01:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![leogodin217](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@leogodin217](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leogodin217)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-alternative-that-uses-kerberos/188826/1 "2010-05-19T01:41:57Z")

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Hi All,  
I’m working on an application that needs to crawl a Windows intranet  
site that does not use NTLM (basic authentication). Does anyone know  
of a library like mechanize that can use Kerberos? I think Kerberos  
is the only way this will work but if someone has a different method  
that would be great.  
thanks,  
Leo

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**Author:** ![leogodin217](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@leogodin217](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leogodin217)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-alternative-that-uses-kerberos/188826/2 "2010-05-19T02:00:41Z")

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After some research I realized I mixed up authentication methods. The  
server I am trying to access uses NTLM. I’m looking for a way to work  
with NTLM authentication. It appears that mechanize is using basic  
authentication.