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Hi ,

      I need some info about the following snippet  .

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  protocol = 'NTLMSSP\000'    #name
    type = '\001\000'               #type 1
    zeros1 = '\000\000'

       zeros2 = '\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000'
    zeros3 = '\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000'
    smthg1 = '0\000\000\000\000\000\000\000'    # something with
chr(48) length?
    smthg2 = '0\000\000\000'                    # something with
chr(48) lenght?


      msg1 = protocol + type + zeros1 + flags + zeros2 + zeros3 +
smthg1 + smthg2
    msg1 = base64.encodestring(msg1)
    msg1 = string.replace(msg1, '\012', '')
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       In the above code what does "
000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000 " signify ?  Which form of
representation is this ?

     This code is from the NTLM APS python code from sourceforge 0.98
version .