From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 6 19:49:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3001065677 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576E18FC17 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 30446 invoked by uid 399); 6 Jun 2010 19:49:00 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 6 Jun 2010 19:49:00 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4C0BFBAB.9030808@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:48:59 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lyndon Nerenberg References: <19467.61790.690469.182207@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4C0BF89F.90908@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: Our aging base system krb5 [heimdal] X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:49:01 -0000 On 06/06/10 12:46, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: >> ... and it's not going to get any better till someone steps up and >> volunteers to improve it. Can we count on you? > > I've brought this up at least three times over the past 10(+?) years, > and been blown off every time. So yes, I'm volunteering, again. Great! I'm assuming that this list is the best one to send your patches to. You might want to discuss the general direction you'd like to take the code first so that people can have a chance to raise any red flags before you invest a lot of time in it. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/