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k5 gss doesn't conform to spec

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Basch)
Fri Mar 29 02:12:25 1996

Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 02:10:49 -0500
To: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU
From: "Richard Basch" <basch@lehman.com>

1.2.2.1 Checksum

  DES MAC MD5 algorithm ... A standard 64-bit DES-CBC MAC is computed per
  [FIPS PUB 113], employing the context key and a zero IV.

If you follow the checksum logic, it uses the key as the IV.

No wonder I was going crazy trying to rewrite my code to work with the
old servers.

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