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Date:      Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:38:29 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Secure telnet showstopper
Message-ID:  <199510281638.SAA18399@grumble.grondar.za>

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Hi folks

A while back when  proposed the ebones/secure cleanup, I suggested that
secure telnet move to eBones. This suggestion now rears its ugly head
again.

Secure telnet is only secure if there is authentication, and for us, that
means Kerberos/eBones. (Other possibilities, not used by us, include
RSA, SPX, Kerberos5)

Right now we have the disastrous situation that secure telnet _*requires*_
kerberos to work, but mit is a part of the 'secure' distribution. This
obviously does not work, because if a user installs secure and no eBones,
they do not get required libraries (libdes, libkrb etc).

I propose that we move it immediately to eBones, and do this for 2.1 as well.

If I don't get objections, I will start doing this RSN. (a day or so). In
the slightly longer term, I will be bringing in the new DES library...

M

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Mark Murray
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