Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 12:26:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers' list) Subject: Re: Longer usernames? Message-ID: <199606231026.MAA00432@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <199606230526.WAA12926@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at "Jun 22, 96 10:26:26 pm"
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It seems that Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com said: > Kerberos isn't tied to a specific form of encryption. It's been a > long time since I looked at the kerberos source, or tried to build it, > but I'm pretty sure you can plug in whatever encryption you want to > use without too much effort. And, basically that's for > authentication, anyway. Tickets are encrypted so it is not just for authentication. Kerberos IV is easy to get outside of USA because eBones exists. You can get eBones + libdes as in the foreign secure dists in South Africa but it is still Kerberos IV not V. There is no eBones for Kerberos V and Kerberos IV has been shown to be weak in some areas. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #11: Thu Jun 13 11:01:47 MET DST 1996
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