[7171] in Kerberos
Re: Commercial applications that use GSS-API?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Chinitz)
Tue Apr 30 04:04:05 1996
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 03:46:26 -0400
To: ahop@apollo.hp.com (Anne Hopkins)
From: jec@isoft.com (Jonathan Chinitz)
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU
At 2:01 AM 4/30/96, Anne Hopkins wrote:
>I'm trying to get a feel for how many commercial apps are using (or plan to
>use) GSS-API (whether Kerberos or another security mechanism).
>
>My current hunch is that Oracle and Sybase are moving in that direction and
>that SOCKS5, IMAP, and S-HTTP have standards defined for using GSS-API. Can
>anyone provide additional examples?
>
>Thanks in advance. Please cc me directly.
>
>-ahop
Anne,
we are using GSS as an alternate means for tunneling in our DCE/Snare
product. The DCE/Snare is a secure TCP/IP gateway that transparently
secures all IP traffic. The preferred tunnel is, of course, DCE RPC. The
product is due out in July.
-Jonathan
Jonathan Chinitz
IntelliSoft Corp.
Offices in Acton MA, Baltimore MD
Voice: (508) 635-9070 Fax: (508) 635-9210
URL: http://www.isoft.com
