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| 3 | @node Introduction, What is Kerberos?, Top, Top
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| 4 | @c @node Introduction, What is Kerberos?, Top, Top
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| 5 | @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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| 6 | @chapter Introduction
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| 7 |
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| 8 | @heading What is Heimdal?
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| 9 |
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| 10 | Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5. The goals are to:
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| 11 |
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| 12 | @itemize @bullet
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| 13 | @item
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| 14 | have an implementation that can be freely used by anyone
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| 15 | @item
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| 16 | be protocol compatible with existing implementations and, if not in
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| 17 | conflict, with RFC 4120 (and any future updated RFC). RFC 4120
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| 18 | replaced RFC 1510.
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| 19 | @item
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| 20 | be reasonably compatible with the M.I.T Kerberos V5 API
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| 21 | @item
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| 22 | have support for Kerberos V5 over GSS-API (RFC1964)
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| 23 | @item
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| 24 | include the most important and useful application programs (rsh, telnet,
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| 25 | popper, etc.)
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| 26 | @item
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| 27 | include enough backwards compatibility with Kerberos V4
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| 28 | @end itemize
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| 29 |
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| 30 | @heading Status
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| 31 |
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| 32 | Heimdal has the following features (this does not mean any of this
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| 33 | works):
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| 34 |
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| 35 | @itemize @bullet
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| 36 | @item
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| 37 | a stub generator and a library to encode/decode/whatever ASN.1/DER
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| 38 | stuff
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| 39 | @item
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| 40 | a @code{libkrb5} library that should be possible to get to work with
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| 41 | simple applications
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| 42 | @item
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| 43 | a GSS-API library
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| 44 | @item
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| 45 | @file{kinit}, @file{klist}, @file{kdestroy}
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| 46 | @item
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| 47 | @file{telnet}, @file{telnetd}
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| 48 | @item
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| 49 | @file{rsh}, @file{rshd}
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| 50 | @item
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| 51 | @file{popper}, @file{push} (a movemail equivalent)
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| 52 | @item
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| 53 | @file{ftp}, and @file{ftpd}
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| 54 | @item
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| 55 | a library @file{libkafs} for authenticating to AFS and a program
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| 56 | @file{afslog} that uses it
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| 57 | @item
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| 58 | some simple test programs
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| 59 | @item
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| 60 | a KDC that supports most things,
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| 61 | @item
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| 62 | simple programs for distributing databases between a KDC master and
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| 63 | slaves
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| 64 | @item
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| 65 | a password changing daemon @file{kpasswdd}, library functions for
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| 66 | changing passwords and a simple client
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| 67 | @item
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| 68 | some kind of administration system
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| 69 | @item
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| 70 | Kerberos V4 support in many of the applications.
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| 71 | @end itemize
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| 72 |
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| 73 | @heading Bug reports
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| 74 |
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| 75 | If you find bugs in this software, make sure it is a genuine bug and not
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| 76 | just a part of the code that isn't implemented.
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| 77 |
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| 78 | Bug reports should be sent to @email{heimdal-bugs@@h5l.org}. Please
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| 79 | include information on what machine and operating system (including
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| 80 | version) you are running, what you are trying to do, what happens, what
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| 81 | you think should have happened, an example for us to repeat, the output
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| 82 | you get when trying the example, and a patch for the problem if you have
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| 83 | one. Please make any patches with @code{diff -u} or @code{diff -c}.
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| 84 |
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| 85 | Suggestions, comments and other non bug reports are also welcome.
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| 86 |
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| 87 | @heading Mailing list
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| 88 |
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| 89 | There are two mailing lists with talk about
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| 90 | Heimdal. @email{heimdal-announce@@sics.se} is a low-volume announcement
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| 91 | list, while @email{heimdal-discuss@@sics.se} is for general discussion.
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| 92 | Send a message to @email{majordomo@@sics.se} to subscribe.
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| 93 |
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| 94 | @heading Heimdal source code, binaries and the manual
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| 95 |
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| 96 | The source code for heimdal, links to binaries and the manual (this
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| 97 | document) can be found on our web-page at
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| 98 | @url{http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/}.
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