src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java

@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@
     /* try auth without calling Authenticator. Used for transparent NTLM authentication */
     private boolean tryTransparentNTLMServer = true;
     private boolean tryTransparentNTLMProxy = true;
 
     /* Used by Windows specific code */
-    Object authObj;
+    private Object authObj;
 
     /* Set if the user is manually setting the Authorization or Proxy-Authorization headers */
     boolean isUserServerAuth;
     boolean isUserProxyAuth;
 

@@ -330,10 +330,19 @@
     /* Logging support */
     public static PlatformLogger getHttpLogger() {
         return logger;
     }
 
+    /* Used for Windows NTLM implementation */
+    public Object authObj() {
+        return authObj;
+    }
+
+    public void authObj(Object authObj) {
+        this.authObj = authObj;
+    }
+
     /*
      * checks the validity of http message header and throws
      * IllegalArgumentException if invalid.
      */
     private void checkMessageHeader(String key, String value) {

@@ -2527,11 +2536,11 @@
 
     //
     // Set a property for authentication.  This can safely disregard
     // the connected test.
     //
-    void setAuthenticationProperty(String key, String value) {
+    public void setAuthenticationProperty(String key, String value) {
         checkMessageHeader(key, value);
         requests.set(key, value);
     }
 
     @Override