[7199] in Kerberos
Re: Kerberos and JAVA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Marshall)
Thu May 2 15:09:08 1996
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 14:47:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Marshall <cmarsh01@west.poly.edu>
To: Jay Kamm <jwk3@acpub.duke.edu>
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <jwk3-0205960111250001@west-111-100.dorm.duke.edu>
On Thu, 2 May 1996, Jay Kamm wrote:
> In article <4m9667$3l9a@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, deinc@ibm.net (DeScribe,
> > way kerberos can be implemented for JAVA, its widespread acceptance will be
> > limited for Web apps.
>
> if the system handles the authentication
> for Java, the applet code should be much easier - just use
> the system hooks...
I agree with Jay ...kerberos should not be included in the JAVA source,
but rather should be called just as any other service would access it.
Let each tool concentrate on what it does best.
--Chris
