[2314] in Kerberos_V5_Development
Re: How to get Kerberos V5 since your server isn't working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Y. Ts'o)
Fri Mar 21 14:35:03 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 14:32:41 -0500
From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: ssteckel@intelect.com
Cc: krbdev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: ssteckel@intelect.com's message of Thu, 20 Mar 97 16:24:53 MST,
<9702208589.AA858904442@IERN.INTELECT.COM>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 16:24:53 MST
From: ssteckel@intelect.com
I've tried twice now to get Kerberos from the server web.mit.edu
and bozo.mit.edu. I'll answer the three questions and submit the form.
Several minutes later I'll get a five digit numeric password from MIT
through e-mail. I'll go back to the same screen, answer the three
questions and put in the five digit password. Clicking on the submit
button brings up a screen that says "An Error Happened".
As far as I can tell I am following the instructions too the letter.
Why can't I download the product???
I've been trying to track this problem down for a while now.
Unfortunately, only a few people have reported it; most have no trouble
getting through, and I haven't been wholy unable to reproduce it for
myself.
My best guess is that you're using a firewall or web proxy (is this
true? If so, which one), and it's somehow mangling the form post.
If you can send me your phone number, the only way I can think to track
this down is for me to call you, and while I'm watching the logs in real
time, figure out what the heck your browser and/or web proxy server is
sending to our server.
I apologize for the incovenience; if you have a moment to channel your
frustrations, please consider sending a letter to your Congress-critter
tell him/her that Export Control of Cryptography is Just Wrong. :-)
- Ted
