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Date:      Sat, 7 Apr 2001 16:44:19 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Dale Chulhan - Home <dchulhan@uwi.tt>, "chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, My List <TheTechies@onelist.com>, The Trinidad and Tobago Microsoft BackOffice Users Group <mbug@listbot.com>
Subject:   Re: Win NT vs UNIX ( cross fire )
Message-ID:  <20010407164419.C87371@hamlet.nectar.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010407152644.0455d9b0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 03:28:45PM -0600
References:  <3ACF5BED.86A4FB58@uwi.tt> <3ACF5BED.86A4FB58@uwi.tt> <15055.27944.187865.22558@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010407152644.0455d9b0@localhost>

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On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 03:28:45PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> Microsoft's relatively minor
> change to Kerberos -- similar to the minor one they made to PPP/CHAP --
> was quickly accommodated by the industry and caused no major problems
> (just annoyance).

It is still causing operational  difficulties that  I would classify  as
more  than  an   annoyance.   See  the ietf-krb  mailing  list archives.
Certain GSS-API applications are  broken, and unfortunately many Windows
applications  are   written with assumptions   that don't   hold  when a
non-Microsoft KDC is involved.  The  industry will _never_ adopt some of
these modifications -- they are very Microsoft/ActiveDirectory specific.
Other modifications are still fiercely debated.

Nonetheless,  I  applaud Microsoft   for  adopting  Kerberos.   This  is
something they promised that they would do back in 1993, and I seriously
think that ultimately it will make the world a better place :-)

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org

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