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Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> I finally got to testing that updated patch. It's fine per-se, but
> was missing the updated README.GSSAPI file. Herewith fixed.
>
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> 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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> The opinions expressed in this message are mine,
> not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government.
> Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu
>
>
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