[3159] in Kerberos-V5-bugs
Re: krb5-appl/788: New and improved samples GSSAPI client and server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 29 14:27:57 1999
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:25:17 -0500
Message-Id: <199911291925.OAA04231@trampoline.thunk.org>
To: jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us
Cc: krb5-bugs@MIT.EDU, krb5-unassigned@RT-11.MIT.EDU,
jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us, gnats-admin@RT-11.MIT.EDU,
krb5-prs@RT-11.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199911232154.QAA21101@jik2.kamens.brookline.ma.us> (message from
Jonathan Kamens on Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:54:28 -0500)
From: tytso@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:54:28 -0500
From: Jonathan Kamens <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
I previously submitted these changes against krb5 1.0. Here
they are again, merged into krb5 1.1. I realize that these
changes make the GSS sample application more complex, but they
also make it much more functional and much more useful for
testing GSS-API functionality. I'd really like to see these
changes folded into the tree.
One of the things that I would suggest that the Kerbdev team consider
doing is move the current gss-sample code into the tests directory, and
then we can make it as complex as possible for testing/code coverage
purposes.
We should then write a *very* simple, stupid, gss-sample program that we
can point application developers to when they are looking for some code
to "borrow" for their applications. One of the common complaints about
the GSSAPI is that it's too complex. Some of this criticism is
deserved, but IMO not all of it. A simplified sample GSSAPI program
might be helpful towards alleviating some of the concerns that
application programmers have had towards the GSSAPI.
- Ted
