[1145] in Kerberos
Re: availability of kerberos
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon A. Rochlis)
Mon Oct 22 20:56:48 1990
From: jon@MIT.EDU (Jon A. Rochlis)
To: van-bc!mdivax1!kauffman@uunet.UU.NET (David Kauffman)
Cc: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, kauffman@wimsey.bc.ca
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 22 Oct 90 16:24:36 -0700.
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 90 20:17:21 EDT
is kerberos available via anonymous ftp?
Yes, but you (not MIT) must deal with the export issues. We make it
avaible via anonymous ftp, but clearly state that you cannot pull it
across internal boundaries. See the README referenced below for more details.
is there a licencing agreement required?
No. You may even use the code in a commerical product if you wish.
You just can't remove the MIT copyright or use MIT's name in
advertising without permission.
do you know if a commercial implementation has been made available?
Several companies have shipped products or are planning on doing so
soon. These include DEC, IBM, FTP software, OSF, and Transarc. There
are a couple of others I can't mention at this time.
-- Jon
To retrieve the distribution, ftp to ATHENA-DIST.MIT.EDU (18.71.0.38),
login as anonymous (password whatever you like, usually your
username@host), then cd to pub/kerberos.
Retrieve README.ftp, it has directions on how to get to the rest of the
software (it also contains information on who to contact for export
versions of the source code with no encryption routines).
Distribution is split compressed tar files (xxx.Z.aa, xxx.Z.ab, ...).
If you would like to retrieve documents separately, you can get them
from pub/kerberos/doc (documents) or pub/kerberos/man (manual pages).
If you prefer hardcopy of the documentation, send your address and request
to "info-kerberos@athena.mit.edu".
Alternatively, you may retrieve the source code and documentation by
sending electronic mail to 'archive-server@athena-dist.mit.edu'. The subject
line should be with 'index krb-code'. This will return an index of the
distribution. To retrieve pieces of the distribution, send mail with
a subject 'send krb-code xxxx' where xxxx is the filename as listed in
the index. To retrieve documents this way, send a message
'index krb-doc' to get the document index.
If you would like to be put on the Kerberos e-mail list
("kerberos@athena.mit.edu"), send your request to
"kerberos-request@athena.mit.edu".
This mailing list is gatewayed to the USENET newsgroup
comp.protocols.kerberos, so if you prefer to read that forum, you need
not ask to be added to kerberos@athena.mit.edu.
I would like to thank the following people for their assistance in
getting Kerberos in shape for release:
Andrew Borthwick-Leslie
Bill Bryant
Doug Church
Rob French
Dan Geer
Andrew Greene
Ken Raeburn
Jon Rochlis
Mike Shanzer
Bill Sommerfeld
Jennifer Steiner
Win Treese
Stan Zanarotti
FYI, the copyright notice:
Copyright (C) 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Export of this software from the United States of America is assumed
to require a specific license from the United States Government.
It is the responsibility of any person or organization contemplating
export to obtain such a license before exporting.
WITHIN THAT CONSTRAINT, permission to use, copy, modify, and
distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and
without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that
the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining
to distribution of the software without specific, written prior
permission. M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of
this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty.
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John Kohl
MIT Project Athena/Kerberos Development Team
