check_auth (struct url *u, char *user, char *passwd, struct response *resp,
            struct request *req, bool *ntlm_seen_ref, bool *retry,
            bool *basic_auth_finished_ref, bool *auth_finished_ref)
{
  uerr_t auth_err = RETROK;
  bool basic_auth_finished = *basic_auth_finished_ref;
  bool auth_finished = *auth_finished_ref;
  bool ntlm_seen = *ntlm_seen_ref;
  *retry = false;
  if (!auth_finished && (user && passwd))
    {
      /* IIS sends multiple copies of WWW-Authenticate, one with
         the value "negotiate", and other(s) with data.  Loop over
         all the occurrences and pick the one we recognize.  */
      int wapos;
      char *buf;
      const char *www_authenticate = NULL;
      const char *wabeg, *waend;
      const char *digest = NULL, *basic = NULL, *ntlm = NULL;
      for (wapos = 0; !ntlm
             && (wapos = resp_header_locate (resp, "WWW-Authenticate", wapos,
                                             &wabeg, &waend)) != -1;
           ++wapos)
        {
          param_token name, value;

          BOUNDED_TO_ALLOCA (wabeg, waend, buf);
          www_authenticate = buf;

          for (;!ntlm;)
            {
              /* extract the auth-scheme */
              while (c_isspace (*www_authenticate)) www_authenticate++;
              name.e = name.b = www_authenticate;
              while (*name.e && !c_isspace (*name.e)) name.e++;

              if (name.b == name.e)
                break;

              DEBUGP (("Auth scheme found '%.*s'\n", (int) (name.e - name.b), name.b));

              if (known_authentication_scheme_p (name.b, name.e))
                {
                  if (BEGINS_WITH (name.b, "NTLM"))
                    {
                      ntlm = name.b;
                      break; /* this is the most secure challenge, stop here */
                    }
                  else if (!digest && BEGINS_WITH (name.b, "Digest"))
                    digest = name.b;
                  else if (!basic && BEGINS_WITH (name.b, "Basic"))
                    basic = name.b;
                }

              /* now advance over the auth-params */
              www_authenticate = name.e;
              DEBUGP (("Auth param list '%s'\n", www_authenticate));
              while (extract_param (&www_authenticate, &name, &value, ',', NULL) && name.b && value.b)
                {
                  DEBUGP (("Auth param %.*s=%.*s\n",
                           (int) (name.e - name.b), name.b, (int) (value.e - value.b), value.b));
                }
            }
        }

      if (!basic && !digest && !ntlm)
        {
          /* If the authentication header is missing or
             unrecognized, there's no sense in retrying.  */
          logputs (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Unknown authentication scheme.\n"));
        }
      else if (!basic_auth_finished
               || !basic)
        {
          char *pth = url_full_path (u);
          const char *value;
          uerr_t *auth_stat;
          auth_stat = xmalloc (sizeof (uerr_t));
          *auth_stat = RETROK;

          if (ntlm)
            www_authenticate = ntlm;
          else if (digest)
            www_authenticate = digest;
          else
            www_authenticate = basic;

          logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Authentication selected: %s\n"), www_authenticate);

          value =  create_authorization_line (www_authenticate,
                                              user, passwd,
                                              request_method (req),
                                              pth,
                                              &auth_finished,
                                              auth_stat);

          auth_err = *auth_stat;
          if (auth_err == RETROK)
            {
              request_set_header (req, "Authorization", value, rel_value);

              if (BEGINS_WITH (www_authenticate, "NTLM"))
                ntlm_seen = true;
              else if (!u->user && BEGINS_WITH (www_authenticate, "Basic"))
                {
                  /* Need to register this host as using basic auth,
                   * so we automatically send creds next time. */
                  register_basic_auth_host (u->host);
                }

              xfree (pth);
              xfree (auth_stat);
              *retry = true;
              goto cleanup;
            }
          else
            {
              /* Creating the Authorization header went wrong */
            }
        }
      else
        {
          /* We already did Basic auth, and it failed. Gotta
           * give up. */
        }
    }

 cleanup:
  *ntlm_seen_ref = ntlm_seen;
  *basic_auth_finished_ref = basic_auth_finished;
  *auth_finished_ref = auth_finished;
  return auth_err;
}