[7451] in Kerberos
beta 6 -- enctype vs keytype
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (michael shiplett)
Tue Jun 11 01:13:58 1996
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 10 Jun 1996 17:10:25 -0400
From: michael shiplett <walrus@ans.net>
Howdy,
Just built K5b6 under Solaris 2.4 w/gcc. My question, however does
not concern the build or K4/K5 interoperability. Instead this regards
a change to the krb5_keyblock structure.
I find that krb5_keytype has disappeared from
${prefix}/include/krb5.h. What was
typedef struct _krb5_keyblock {
krb5_magic magic;
krb5_keytype keytype;
krb5_enctype etype; /* hint of what encryption type to use */
int length;
krb5_octet FAR *contents;
} krb5_keyblock;
is now
typedef struct _krb5_keyblock {
krb5_magic magic;
krb5_enctype enctype;
int length;
krb5_octet FAR *contents;
} krb5_keyblock;
Not only did keytype disappear, but the `etype' was renamed to
`enctype'.
Reading src/include/ChangeLog I came across these entries:
Wed Sep 06 14:20:57 1995 Chris Provenzano (proven@mit.edu)
* k5-int.h krb5.hin : s/keytype/enctype/g, s/KEYTYPE/ENCTYPE/g
Tue Sep 05 22:10:34 1995 Chris Provenzano (proven@mit.edu)
* k5-int.h, krb5.hin : Remove krb5_enctype references, and
replace with krb5_keytype where appropriate.
This looks as though the enctype references were changed to keytype,
then re-changed to enctype (althought doc/api/*.tex has not been so
changed).
Where can I find the answers to
what is the difference between a keytype & an enctype?
if they are the same, why did keyblock have both a keytype & a etype?
why was keytype deleted?
If all that matters is all keytype references should now be enctype,
that's fine too.
michael
