[2418] in Kerberos
krb_get_phost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clifford Neuman)
Wed Dec 2 20:44:32 1992
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 17:27:06 PST
From: Clifford Neuman <bcn@ISI.EDU>
To: marc@MIT.EDU
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Marc Horowitz's message of Wed, 02 Dec 92 19:51:54 EST <9212030051.AA05188@deathtongue.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 92 19:51:54 EST
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
v4 has an acknowledged broken convention (look at the comment in the
file) for generating host principal names (e.g. rcmd.athena), and a
function, krb_get_phost(), to enforce it.
v5 has no such convention at all which I know of. So, I propose the
following convention:
The first element of the principal is "host", and the second element
of the principal is the canonical name of the host, with all letters
in lowercase. There are only two elements.
This convention is intended for internet-style domain names. I don't
know enough about OSI or any other system to know if this convention
makes sense or not for them.
What you describe already is the convention for V5. If you look at
the rlogin program, you will see that it is followed.
~ Cliff
