31 files changed, 388 insertions, 169 deletions
diff --git a/tests/data/test1008 b/tests/data/test1008
index 615444686..563a5c030 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1008
+++ b/tests/data/test1008
@@ -86,9 +86,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy CONNECT auth NTLM with chunked-encoded 407 response
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se:1008/path/10080002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-ntlm --proxytunnel
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -96,11 +105,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se:1008/path/10080002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT -
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:1008 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:1008
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:1008 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:1008
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 GET /path/10080002 HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/tests/data/test1021 b/tests/data/test1021
index 233cbc4db..0bc8af3cc 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1021
+++ b/tests/data/test1021
@@ -95,9 +95,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy CONNECT with any proxyauth and proxy offers NTLM and close
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se:1021/path/10210002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-anyauth --proxytunnel
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -105,11 +114,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se:1021/path/10210002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT -
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:1021 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:1021
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:1021 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:1021
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 GET /path/10210002 HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/tests/data/test1100 b/tests/data/test1100
index 40d9f641e..00bd64431 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1100
+++ b/tests/data/test1100
@@ -70,9 +70,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP POST with NTLM authorization and following a 302 redirect
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1100 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -L -d "stuff to send away" 
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -80,11 +89,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1100 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -L -d "stuff to send a
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 POST /1100 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST /1100 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test150 b/tests/data/test150
index 8dcb3621a..fc922e2f2 100644
--- a/tests/data/test150
+++ b/tests/data/test150
@@ -57,9 +57,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM authorization and --fail
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/150 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm --fail
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -67,11 +76,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/150 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm --fail
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /150 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /150 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test155 b/tests/data/test155
index 5d228db62..53ee1dbbd 100644
--- a/tests/data/test155
+++ b/tests/data/test155
@@ -75,9 +75,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP PUT with --anyauth authorization (picking NTLM)
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/155 -T log/put155 -u testuser:testpass --anyauth
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 <file name="log/put155">
 This is data we upload with PUT
 a second line
@@ -91,11 +100,6 @@ four is the number of lines
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 PUT /155 HTTP/1.1
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Expect: 100-continue
 
 PUT /155 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.5 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test159 b/tests/data/test159
index 3b018212a..ede462492 100644
--- a/tests/data/test159
+++ b/tests/data/test159
@@ -56,9 +56,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM authorization when talking HTTP/1.0
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/159 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -0
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -66,11 +75,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/159 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -0
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /159 HTTP/1.0
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /159 HTTP/1.0
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test169 b/tests/data/test169
index 0ad2f8808..5af7f9f5c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test169
+++ b/tests/data/test169
@@ -81,9 +81,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP with proxy-requiring-NTLM to site-requiring-Digest
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/169 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user foo:bar --proxy-ntlm --digest --user digest:alot
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -91,11 +100,6 @@ http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/169 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAAAwADAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/169 HTTP/1.1
 Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ Accept: */*
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 GET http://data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com/169 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAAAwADAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAAAwADAHAAAAAIAAgAcwAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAIP6B+XVQ6vQsx3DfDXUVhd9436GAxPu0IYcl2Z7LxHmNeOAWQ+vxUmhuCFJBUgXCWZvb2N1cmxob3N0
 User-Agent: curl/7.12.0-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.12.0-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.6b ipv6 zlib/1.1.4 GSS libidn/0.4.3
 Host: data.from.server.requiring.digest.hohoho.com
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test209 b/tests/data/test209
index ef372c4de..e27b6e38b 100644
--- a/tests/data/test209
+++ b/tests/data/test209
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy CONNECT auth NTLM
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se:209/path/2090002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-ntlm --proxytunnel
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -89,11 +98,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se:209/path/2090002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --p
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:209 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:209
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:209 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:209
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 GET /path/2090002 HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/tests/data/test213 b/tests/data/test213
index 801d9e7ad..8bab38783 100644
--- a/tests/data/test213
+++ b/tests/data/test213
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP 1.0 proxy CONNECT auth NTLM and then POST
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se:213/path/2130002 --proxy1.0 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-ntlm --proxytunnel -d "postit"
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -89,11 +98,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se:213/path/2130002 --proxy1.0 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol nonewline="yes">
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:213 HTTP/1.0
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:213
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:213 HTTP/1.0
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:213
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 POST /path/2130002 HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/tests/data/test239 b/tests/data/test239
index 2674b8e3a..e88908989 100644
--- a/tests/data/test239
+++ b/tests/data/test239
@@ -56,9 +56,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy-auth NTLM and then POST
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/239 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-ntlm -d "postit"
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -66,11 +75,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/239 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol nonewline="yes">
 POST http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/239 HTTP/1.1
 Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/239 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test243 b/tests/data/test243
index f24fd7717..3effb8202 100644
--- a/tests/data/test243
+++ b/tests/data/test243
@@ -77,9 +77,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP POST with --proxy-anyauth, picking NTLM
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/243 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-anyauth -d "postit"
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -87,11 +96,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/243 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol nonewline="yes">
 POST http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/243 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/243 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test265 b/tests/data/test265
index bd8a24c0a..e47dbe8e7 100644
--- a/tests/data/test265
+++ b/tests/data/test265
@@ -82,9 +82,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy CONNECT auth NTLM and then POST, response-body in the 407
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se:265/path/2650002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-user silly:person --proxy-ntlm --proxytunnel -d "postit"
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -92,11 +101,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se:265/path/2650002 --proxy http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --p
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol nonewline="yes">
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:265 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:265
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 CONNECT test.remote.haxx.se:265 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se:265
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAKAeQjzKtCQ7ubW8S6MN7B59436GAxPu0CVROwwNBsgxML49gcbAXLT/bU+H5wrS9XNpbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 POST /path/2650002 HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/tests/data/test267 b/tests/data/test267
index 4e356b685..aa61b357b 100644
--- a/tests/data/test267
+++ b/tests/data/test267
@@ -63,9 +63,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP POST with NTLM authorization and added custom headers
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/267 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -d "data" -H "Header1: yes" -H "Header2: no"
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -73,11 +82,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/267 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -d "data" -H "Header1:
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol nonewline="yes">
 POST /267 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST /267 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test547 b/tests/data/test547
index d2e9d9ea1..8ac0c9dd5 100644
--- a/tests/data/test547
+++ b/tests/data/test547
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy auth NTLM with POST data from read callback
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/547 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -90,11 +99,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/547 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/547 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/547 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAIYrD1xJmhNBNL9fLzuk9PV9436GAxPu0EKWzqQ/sZDVLXnp1JrySgl8A+cibE6z4HMxbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test548 b/tests/data/test548
index 215b44fd9..d811fcaeb 100644
--- a/tests/data/test548
+++ b/tests/data/test548
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy auth NTLM with POST data from CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/548 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -90,11 +99,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/548 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/548 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/548 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAIYrD1xJmhNBNL9fLzuk9PV9436GAxPu0EKWzqQ/sZDVLXnp1JrySgl8A+cibE6z4HMxbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test551 b/tests/data/test551
index 28b5af5a7..8027d91cf 100644
--- a/tests/data/test551
+++ b/tests/data/test551
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/551 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/551 HTTP/1.1
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se
diff --git a/tests/data/test555 b/tests/data/test555
index d433569c0..74dc210b1 100644
--- a/tests/data/test555
+++ b/tests/data/test555
@@ -85,9 +85,18 @@ NTLM
  <name>
 HTTP proxy auth NTLM with POST data from read callback multi-if
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/555 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -95,10 +104,7 @@ http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/555 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT s1lly:pers0n
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent: curl/.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
 <strippart>
-s/^(Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA).*/$1/
 # remove CR that CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT added, when CharConv enabled:
 s/^(this is the blurb we want to upload)\r\n/$1\n/ if($has_charconv)
 </strippart>
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ Content-Length: 0
 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 POST http://test.remote.haxx.se/path/555 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAABQAFAHAAAAAIAAgAdQAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAIYrD1xJmhNBNL9fLzuk9PV9436GAxPu0EKWzqQ/sZDVLXnp1JrySgl8A+cibE6z4HMxbGx5Y3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.13.2-CVS (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.13.2-CVS OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13
 Host: test.remote.haxx.se
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test67 b/tests/data/test67
index 46d120b13..d6d60efe7 100644
--- a/tests/data/test67
+++ b/tests/data/test67
@@ -63,9 +63,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM authorization
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/67 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -73,11 +82,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/67 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /67 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /67 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test68 b/tests/data/test68
index 9cceaf7a2..5b79a7a98 100644
--- a/tests/data/test68
+++ b/tests/data/test68
@@ -62,9 +62,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM authorization and wrong password
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/68 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -72,11 +81,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/68 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /68 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /68 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test69 b/tests/data/test69
index 1bf0f735f..d6b8de62c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test69
+++ b/tests/data/test69
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM, Basic or Wild-and-crazy authorization
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/69 -u testuser:testpass --anyauth
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -89,11 +98,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/69 -u testuser:testpass --anyauth
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /69 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /69 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test81 b/tests/data/test81
index 9a12cc1a7..47b37e963 100644
--- a/tests/data/test81
+++ b/tests/data/test81
@@ -62,9 +62,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with proxy using NTLM authorization
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/81 --proxy-user testuser:testpass -x http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT --proxy-ntlm
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -72,11 +81,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/81 --proxy-user testuser:testpass -x http://%HOSTIP:%HT
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/81 HTTP/1.1
 Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ Accept: */*
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 
 GET http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/81 HTTP/1.1
-Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Proxy-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test89 b/tests/data/test89
index 06effd1b7..3512fbe55 100644
--- a/tests/data/test89
+++ b/tests/data/test89
@@ -96,9 +96,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM and follow-location
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/89 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -L
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -106,11 +115,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/89 -u testuser:testpass --ntlm -L
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /89 HTTP/1.1
 Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAABAAAABoIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /89 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /you/890010 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.8-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.8-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3 GSS
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test90 b/tests/data/test90
index 387608b5b..55c98f4a0 100644
--- a/tests/data/test90
+++ b/tests/data/test90
@@ -134,9 +134,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM via --anyauth, and then follow-location with NTLM again
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/90 -u testuser:testpass --anyauth -L
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -144,11 +153,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/90 -u testuser:testpass --anyauth -L
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /90 HTTP/1.1
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /90 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /you/900010 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAAAAABwAAAACAAIAHAAAAAIAAgAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAFpkQwKRCZFMhjj0tw47wEjKHRHlvzfxQamFcheMuv8v+xeqphEO5V41xRd7R9deOXRlc3R1c2VyY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.8-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.8-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3 GSS
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/data/test91 b/tests/data/test91
index e3b81b3b4..90ace92ed 100644
--- a/tests/data/test91
+++ b/tests/data/test91
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ http
  <name>
 HTTP with NTLM/Negotiate/Basic, anyauth and user with domain, with size 0
  </name>
+ <setenv>
+# we force our own host name, in order to make the test machine independent
+CURL_GETHOSTNAME=curlhost
+# we try to use the LD_PRELOAD hack, if not a debug build
+LD_PRELOAD=./libtest/.libs/libhostname.so
+ </setenv>
  <command>
 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/91 --anyauth -u mydomain\\myself:secret
 </command>
+<precheck>
+chkhostname curlhost
+</precheck>
 </client>
 
 # Verify data after the test has been "shot"
@@ -90,11 +99,6 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/91 --anyauth -u mydomain\\myself:secret
 <strip>
 ^User-Agent:.*
 </strip>
-# We strip off a large chunk of the type-2 NTLM message since it depends on
-# the local host name and thus differs on different machines!
-<strippart>
-s/^(Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAgACABwAAAABgAGAHgAAAA).*/$1/
-</strippart>
 <protocol>
 GET /91 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 GET /91 HTTP/1.1
-Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAgACABwAAAABgAGAHgAAAA
+Authorization: NTLM TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAEAAAAAYABgAWAAAAAgACABwAAAABgAGAHgAAAAIAAgAfgAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoKBAMIyJpR5mHpg2FZha5kRaFZ9436GAxPu0C5llxexSQ5QzVkiLSfkcpVyRgCXXqR+Am15ZG9tYWlubXlzZWxmY3VybGhvc3Q=
 User-Agent: curl/7.10.6-pre1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.6-pre1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
diff --git a/tests/libtest/.gitignore b/tests/libtest/.gitignore
index 3311a821e..cabcb671c 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/libtest/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
+chkhostname
 lib5[0-9][0-9]
-
diff --git a/tests/libtest/Makefile.am b/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
index 70b0f12a4..2a0e3eaa4 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ endif
 EXTRA_DIST = test75.pl test307.pl test610.pl test613.pl test1013.pl	\
 test1022.pl Makefile.inc
 
+if STATICLIB
+# this means no shared option is enabled so we can disable the LD_PRELOAD
+# attempt
+libhostname_la_CFLAGS = -DDISABLE_PRELOAD
+endif
+
+# we force our own host name, in order to make some tests machine independent
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libhostname.la
+libhostname_la_SOURCES = sethostname.c
+
 # Dependencies (may need to be overriden)
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurl.la
 DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurl.la
diff --git a/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc b/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
index 814c01e6c..28ed6831c 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = lib500 lib501 lib502 lib503 lib504 lib505 lib506	\
   lib529 lib530 lib532 lib533 lib536 lib537 lib540 lib541 lib542 lib543 \
   lib544 lib545 lib547 lib548 lib549 lib552 lib553 lib554 lib555 lib556 \
   lib539 lib557 lib558 lib559 lib560 lib562 lib564 lib565 lib566 lib567 \
-  lib568 lib569 lib570 lib571 lib572 lib573
+  lib568 lib569 lib570 lib571 lib572 lib573 chkhostname
+
+chkhostname_SOURCES = chkhostname.c $(top_srcdir)/lib/curl_gethostname.c
 
 lib500_SOURCES = lib500.c $(SUPPORTFILES)
 
diff --git a/tests/libtest/chkhostname.c b/tests/libtest/chkhostname.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..686eb471a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libtest/chkhostname.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "curl_gethostname.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define HOSTNAME_MAX 1024
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  char buff[HOSTNAME_MAX];
+  if (argc != 2) {
+    printf("Usage: %s EXPECTED_HOSTNAME\n", argv[0]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (Curl_gethostname(buff, HOSTNAME_MAX)) {
+    printf("Curl_gethostname() failed\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  /* compare the name returned by Curl_gethostname() with the expected one */
+  if(strncmp(buff, argv[1], HOSTNAME_MAX)) {
+    printf("got unexpected host name back, LD_PRELOAD failed\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/libtest/hostname.c b/tests/libtest/hostname.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca7fccaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libtest/hostname.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define HOSTNAME "curlhost"
+#define HOSTNAME_LEN sizeof(HOSTNAME)
+
+/* 
+ * we force our own host name, in order to make some tests machine independent
+ */
+int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen) {
+  char buff[HOSTNAME_LEN + /* terminating zero */ 1];
+  size_t max = (namelen < HOSTNAME_LEN)
+    ? namelen
+    : HOSTNAME_LEN;
+
+  if(!name || !namelen)
+    return -1;
+
+  strcpy(buff, HOSTNAME);
+  buff[max - 1] = '\0';
+  strcpy(name, buff);
+  return 0;
+};
diff --git a/tests/libtest/sethostname.c b/tests/libtest/sethostname.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..667f689ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libtest/sethostname.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define GETHOSTNAME_ENV_VAR "CURL_GETHOSTNAME"
+
+/*
+ * we force our own host name, in order to make some tests machine independent
+ */
+int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen) {
+  const char *force_hostname = getenv(GETHOSTNAME_ENV_VAR);
+  if(force_hostname) {
+    strncpy(name, force_hostname, namelen);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  /* LD_PRELOAD used, but no hostname set, we'll just return a failure */
+  return -1;
+};
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 6abca9fce..8bb5d69e9 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ my $SERVER2IN="$LOGDIR/server2.input"; # what curl sent the second server
 my $CURLLOG="$LOGDIR/curl.log"; # all command lines run
 my $FTPDCMD="$LOGDIR/ftpserver.cmd"; # copy ftp server instructions here
 my $SERVERLOGS_LOCK="$LOGDIR/serverlogs.lock"; # server logs advisor read lock
+my $CURLCONFIG="../curl-config"; # curl-config from current build
 
 # Normally, all test cases should be run, but at times it is handy to
 # simply run a particular one:
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ my $has_nss;     # built with NSS
 my $has_yassl;   # built with yassl
 my $has_polarssl;# built with polarssl
 
+my $has_shared;  # built shared
+
 my $ssllib;      # name of the lib we use (for human presentation)
 my $has_crypto;  # set if libcurl is built with cryptographic support
 my $has_textaware; # set if running on a system that has a text mode concept
@@ -436,7 +439,8 @@ sub startnew {
 sub checkcmd {
     my ($cmd)=@_;
     my @paths=(split(":", $ENV{'PATH'}), "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin",
-               "/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/local/bin" );
+               "/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/local/bin",
+               "./libtest/.libs", "./libtest");
     for(@paths) {
         if( -x "$_/$cmd" && ! -d "$_/$cmd") {
             # executable bit but not a directory!
@@ -2042,6 +2046,9 @@ sub checksystem {
         die "can't run torture tests since curl was not built with curldebug";
     }
 
+    $has_shared = `sh $CURLCONFIG --built-shared`;
+    chomp $has_shared;
+
     # curl doesn't list cryptographic support separately, so assume it's
     # always available
     $has_crypto=1;
@@ -2064,8 +2071,9 @@ sub checksystem {
     logmsg sprintf("  HTTP IPv6     %s\n", $http_ipv6?"ON ":"OFF");
     logmsg sprintf("* FTP IPv6      %8s", $ftp_ipv6?"ON ":"OFF");
     logmsg sprintf("  Libtool lib:  %s\n", $libtool?"ON ":"OFF");
+    logmsg sprintf("* Shared build:      %s\n", $has_shared);
     if($ssl_version) {
-        logmsg sprintf("* SSL library:       %s\n", $ssllib);
+        logmsg sprintf("* SSL library: %13s\n", $ssllib);
     }
 
     logmsg "* Ports:\n";
@@ -2350,13 +2358,59 @@ sub singletest {
     # timestamp required servers verification end
     $timesrvrend{$testnum} = Time::HiRes::time() if($timestats);
 
+    # test definition may instruct to (un)set environment vars
+    # this is done this early, so that the precheck can use environment
+    # variables and still bail out fine on errors
+    my %oldenv;
+    my @setenv = getpart("client", "setenv");
+    if(@setenv) {
+        foreach my $s (@setenv) {
+            chomp $s;
+            subVariables \$s;
+            if($s =~ /([^=]*)=(.*)/) {
+                my ($var, $content) = ($1, $2);
+                # remember current setting, to restore it once test runs
+                $oldenv{$var} = ($ENV{$var})?"$ENV{$var}":'notset';
+                # set new value
+                if(!$content) {
+                    delete $ENV{$var} if($ENV{$var});
+                }
+                else {
+                    if(($has_shared ne "yes") && ($var =~ /^LD_PRELOAD/)) {
+                        # print "Skipping LD_PRELOAD due to no shared build\n";
+                        next;
+                    }
+                    $ENV{$var} = "$content";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if(!$why) {
+        # TODO:
+        # Add a precheck cache. If a precheck command was already invoked
+        # exactly like this, then use the previous result to speed up
+        # successive test invokes!
+
         my @precheck = getpart("client", "precheck");
         if(@precheck) {
             $cmd = $precheck[0];
             chomp $cmd;
             subVariables \$cmd;
             if($cmd) {
+                my @p = split(/ /, $cmd);
+                if($p[0] !~ /\//) {
+                    # the first word, the command, does not contain a slash so
+                    # we will scan the "improved" PATH to find the command to
+                    # be able to run it
+                    my $fullp = checktestcmd($p[0]);
+
+                    if($fullp) {
+                        $p[0] = $fullp;
+                    }
+                    $cmd = join(" ", @p);
+                }
+
                 my @o = `$cmd 2>/dev/null`;
                 if($o[0]) {
                     $why = $o[0];
@@ -2453,28 +2507,6 @@ sub singletest {
         writearray($FTPDCMD, \@ftpservercmd);
     }
 
-    # test definition may instruct to (un)set environment vars
-    my %oldenv;
-    my @setenv = getpart("client", "setenv");
-    if(@setenv) {
-        foreach my $s (@setenv) {
-            chomp $s;
-            subVariables \$s;
-            if($s =~ /([^=]*)=(.*)/) {
-                my ($var, $content) = ($1, $2);
-                # remember current setting, to restore it once test runs
-                $oldenv{$var} = ($ENV{$var})?"$ENV{$var}":'notset';
-                # set new value
-                if(!$content) {
-                    delete $ENV{$var} if($ENV{$var});
-                }
-                else {
-                    $ENV{$var} = "$content";
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     # get the command line options to use
     my @blaha;
     ($cmd, @blaha)= getpart("client", "command");