I've had a few complaints coming in, that it can take a long time to authenticate from outside the Uni, especially when using a non-Uni account.
I've made a small change to the authentication code, which hopefully should rectify this. Most users should not feel a difference, but if you do, please notify my.
This code only worked for non-Uni users, as there was a bug in the authentication code, which didn't correctly md5 the password for a user when first logging in using the ldap.
This issue has now been resolved.
It's amazing it hadn't been noticed before really!
It was hidden under the old authentication scheme, and only showed up after I speeded it up! I guess it was a way to force ldap…