[1304] in Kerberos_V5_Development
the kerberos web page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Jaspan)
Thu Jun 13 12:12:28 1996
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 12:09:18 -0400
From: "Barry Jaspan" <bjaspan@MIT.EDU>
To: krbdev@MIT.EDU
The current Kerboers web page contains useful, but essentially dry and
dull, information. I think that the web page should serve essentially
as advertising. Remember, we want people to use and like Kerberos.
Right up front, in the most-likely-to-be read sections, it should
include things like:
o A concise but accurate description of what Kerberos does.
o A list of the most exciting features, recent developments, etc.
o Pointers to technical articles explaining Kerberos and its many
features, protocol issues, etc. Also, for fairness, pointers to
articles critical of Kerberos (e.g. B&M '91).
o A discussion comparing Kerberos to its competitors (e.g. SSH),
explaing why Kerberos kicks ass and SSH doesn't :-). A pointer to Don
Davis' to-be-published-at-USENIX paper on inherent design flaws with
public-key crypto would be great here.
o A spiffy graphic or too; perhaps steal the three-headed dog logo
from OV's Kerberos FAQ page (I think Chris Vanharen drew it or
acquired it).
And so on. Obviously, this is a lot of informatin and creating good
web pages is real work. But you asked for comments. :-)
Barry
