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Re: [kitten] draft-perez-krb-wg-gss-preauth

Luke Howard <lukeh@padl.com> Mon, 02 August 2021 02:07 UTC

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From: Luke Howard <lukeh@padl.com>
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Subject: Re: [kitten] draft-perez-krb-wg-gss-preauth
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> On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 11:37:57PM +1000, Luke Howard wrote:
>> I’m working on an implementation of draft-perez-krb-wg-gss-preauth-02.txt for Heimdal.
>> 
>> Is this something the working group would consider adopting?
> 
> It doesn't seem fundamentally like a bad idea, but since we typically
> recommend that applications should use the GSS-API rather than Kerberos
> directly, it's not entirely clear to me what situations will require
> the GSSAPI->Kerberos bridge as opposed to using GSS-API natively.

Good point. Our use case is supporting existing applications where it’s not feasible to install a new GSS-API mechanism on the acceptor (for reasons of local policy, platform limitations, etc).

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