question: private static byte [ ] lmResponse ( final byte [ ] hash , final byte [ ] challenge ) throws AuthenticationException { try { final byte [ ] keyBytes = new byte [ 21 ] ; System . arraycopy ( hash , 0 , keyBytes , 0 , 16 ) ; final Key lowKey = createDESKey ( keyBytes , 0 ) ; final Key middleKey = createDESKey ( keyBytes , 7 ) ; final Key highKey = createDESKey ( keyBytes , 14 ) ; final Cipher des = Cipher . getInstance ( "DES/ECB/NoPadding" ) ; des . init ( Cipher . ENCRYPT_MODE , lowKey ) ; final byte [ ] lowResponse = des . doFinal ( challenge ) ; des . init ( Cipher . ENCRYPT_MODE , middleKey ) ; final byte [ ] middleResponse = des . doFinal ( challenge ) ; des . init ( Cipher . ENCRYPT_MODE , highKey ) ; final byte [ ] highResponse = des . doFinal ( challenge ) ; final byte [ ] lmResponse = new byte [ 24 ] ; System . arraycopy ( lowResponse , 0 , lmResponse , 0 , 8 ) ; System . arraycopy ( middleResponse , 0 , lmResponse , 8 , 8 ) ; System . arraycopy ( highResponse , 0 , lmResponse , 16 , 8 ) ; return lmResponse ; } catch ( Exception e ) { throw new AuthenticationException ( e . getMessage ( ) , e ) ; } }
target:  Creates the LM Response from the given hash and Type 2 challenge.