[6245] in Kerberos
Re: BETA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hartman)
Thu Nov 16 15:01:36 1995
To: Art Houle <houle@acns.fsu.edu>
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:13:35 EST."
<Pine.SUN.3.91.951116140752.11529G-100000@acns.fsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:42:12 EST
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
>>>>> "Art" == Art Houle <houle@acns.fsu.edu> writes:
Art> Hello,
Art> As I understand it there are 2 version of kerberos
Art> available, version4 and version5. They are incompatable.
Art> Version 4 has been in its final form since December
Art> 1992. Version 5 has since been in development since then and
Art> is still identified by BETA version numbers. (Currently beta
Art> 5).
This is not completely true. The Kerberos 5 code has
significant hooks for backwards compatability with v4 realms. These
hooks mostly work at the level of the KDC, meaning that a v5 server
can support both v4 and v5 applications. Also, a facility is provided
to convert v5 tickets to v4 tickets, so it is possible toupgrade from a v4 server to a v5 server.
Art> Is there an _estimate_ of release of a non-beta version?
No official estimate has been released to my knowledge.
Art> How about a wild guess?
Art> Before 1997 ?
This wouldn't be that unreasonable. I.E. We certainly don't
expect to take another five years to come out with Kerberos 5 1.0. I
think we're expecting to have a non-beta release by then. Also, note
that several vendors already have Kerberos5 products available; you
might want to check the FAQ for comp.protocols.kerberos, posted here
and available on rtfm.mit.edu.
Art> Art Houle e-mail: houle@acns.fsu.edu Academic Computing &
Art> Network Services Voice: 644-2591 Florida State University
Art> FAX: 644-8722
