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Re: Kerberos AUTH from a Mac App

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Kamm)
Mon Jul 15 12:05:33 1996

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 15 Jul 1996 13:49:07 GMT
From: jwk3@acpub.duke.edu (Jay Kamm)

Robert Currey (curreyr@halcyon.com) wrote:
: Hi,

: I'm developing a Macintosh e-mail application. I'm interested in doing
: non-clear text login and have some questions.

: 2) AUTH 
: As far I've looked into kerberos authentication, it seems that I require
: some sort of library or system level service to do a kerberos login. Is
: this accurate? Can someone summarize the steps and system components
: involved? Running an INIT (K-Man ?) for this is totally unsatisfactory.
: Linking in some code or library would be.

: 1) APOP
: I know not kerberos related but ...
: I have yet to see an APOP compatible POP server. I've heard QPOP can do
: it but my provider (who runs QPOP) doesn't support APOP. Can someone
: outline the steps involved. I've read the RFC but I'm unsure how the
: greeting looks (and should be parsed).

: As you can imagine, I don't know very much about this stuff. I'd
: appreciate anyone's help in regards to my questions.

: Robert Currey

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