[7408] in Kerberos
Re: Kerberos V5 BETA 6 is released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Kaupisch)
Fri Jun 7 11:02:53 1996
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 08:42:43 -0600
From: Adam Kaupisch <kaupisch@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
Where is Beta 6 located to d/l? I tried to find it at athena, but had no
luck.
Adam
On 6 Jun 1996, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>
> I am proud to announce the release of Kerberos V5 Beta 6. This
> release contains several new features and enhancements over previous
> versions. In particular this release provides a much more stable base
> for Kerberos V5 application client and server programs:
>
> * Kerberos V5B6 is much more portable. Notable new platforms include
> Windows-16, OSF/1, NetBSD, SGI and HPUX. (Note: the Macintosh port is
> not yet fully complete, especially in regards to the user interface
> for managing the user's tickets.)
>
> * In addition, the Beta 6 release is the first release where shared
> libraries are supported. This should significantly decrease the
> executable size for Kerberos V5 application clients and servers.
>
> * The Kerberos V5 API has changed some over Beta 5, but the API should
> be considered stable at this point. No major changes are planned
> before the 1.0 release of Kerberos.
>
> Beta 7, which is currently targeted for September 1, will have as its
> major emphasis a new and stable administration server (donated by
> OpenVision), and in general, a full and stable set of programs for the
> Kerberos KDC server. Beta 7 will also include support for the
> triple-DES and SHA algorithms.
>
> Beta 7 will represent the final shakedown release before the final
> Release 1.0 of Kerberos, which we are targeting for November 1.
>
>
>
> Early in the Beta 6 development cycle, it had been our intention to
> continue development on the new administration server which had first
> made its appearance in Beta 5. However, it became clear that it was
> taking too long to finish creating a solid, reliable administration
> server. So, when OpenVision offered to donate their administration
> server, we gratefully jumped at this opportunity.
>
> This integration work is ongoing; Barry Jaspan, whose time has been
> generously donated by the Internet Software Consortium, is currently
> at work integrating the OpenVision administration system into the MIT
> Kerberos sources. This work should be complete by the end of the
> summer, at which point we will release Beta 7, which will be the last
> stability shakedown release before 1.0 comes out. (The release time
> between Beta 7 and 1.0 will be extremely short; a month at most.)
>
> In the meantime, the Beta 6 release contains our current
> administration server, with substantial fixes donated to us by Cygnus
> Support so that it is minimally functional. If you have not installed
> previous versions of Kerberos, the administration system in Beta 6
> allows you to remotely administer the Kerberos server, and allow users
> to change their passwords. (Or, if you have an installed base of
> Kerberos V4, you will want to use the V4 compatibility server, which
> will allow users with Kerberos V4 administration clients and V4
> kpasswd clients to administer your V5 database.)
>
> However, if you have an previous Beta 4 or Beta 5 Kerberos KDC already
> installed, you may want to defer upgrading your KDC software until the
> new administration server is available. Kerberos applications linked
> against the Beta 6 application library will work just fine against an
> older KDC server.
>
>
> - Ted
>
>
> FTP Instructions: FTP to athena-dist.mit.edu, in /pub/kerberos. Get
> the file README.KRB5_BETA6. It will contain instructions on how to
> obtain the Beta 6 release.
>
>
>
> >> <<
> >> Please report any problems/bugs/comments to 'krb5-bugs@athena.mit.edu' <<
> >> <<
>
>
>
> Appreciation Time!!!! There are far too many people to try to thank
> them all; many people have contributed to the development of Kerberos
> V5. This is only a partial listing....
>
> Thanks to John Linn, Scott Foote, and all of the folks at OpenVision
> Technologies, Inc., who donated their administration server for use in
> the MIT release of Kerberos.
>
> Thanks to Paul Vixie and the Internet Software Consortium for
> supporting the OV administration server integration work.
>
> Thanks to Mark Eichin, Ken Raeburn, Nancy Gilman, and all of the
> folks at Cygnus Support, who provided innumerable bug fixes and
> portability enhancements to the Kerberos V5 tree.
>
> Thanks to Doug Engert from ANL for providing many bug fixes, as well
> as testing to ensure DCE interoperability.
>
> Thanks to Sean Mullan and Bill Sommerfeld from Hewlett Packard for
> their many suggestions and bug fixes.
>
> Thanks to the members of the Kerberos V5 development team at MIT, both
> past and present: Jay Berkenbilt, John Carr, Don Davis, Nancy Gilman,
> Sam Hartman, Marc Horowitz, Barry Jaspan, John Kohl, Cliff Neuman,
> Paul Park, Chris Provenzano, Jon Rochlis, Jeff Schiller, Harry Tsai,
> Ted Ts'o, Tom Yu.
>
>
> Note:
>
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>
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