I finally got to testing that updated patch. It's fine per-se, but
was missing the updated README.GSSAPI file. Herewith fixed.
On May 12, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> These patches are updated as discussed to remove the incomplete
> feature. Unfortunately I have a wedding to go to this weekend and
> won't get them tested until next week. Will post when I've done so.
>
> On Mar 31, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>
>> These patches have been reasonably tested (and cross-tested) on
>> Solaris 9 (SPARC) and MacOS 10.4 (both G4 and Intel) with the
>> native GSSAPI libraries. They implement the gss-np and
>> (incompletely) the gss authentication methods. Unlike the current
>> krb5 method gssapi has native support in Java and (with the SSPI)
>> on Windows.
>>
>> I still have bugs in the security layer for the gss method.
>> Hopefully will finish getting them ironed out today or tomorrow.
>>
>> Documentation is in the README.GSSAPI file. Make sure you get it
>> created when you apply the patches.
>>
>> <gss.patches.gz>
>
> <gss.patch2.bz2>
>
>
> Just to cover the legal bases: I don't consider these changes to
> be significant enough to require the involvement of the JPL
> clearance process. JPL has already ruled that they do not fall
> afoul of any ITAR restrictions.
>
> I am not imposing any license restrictions myself either, but some
> credit in the release notes, or wherever, would be appreciated.
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