svn rev #24586: branches/krb5-1-9/ src/
tlyu@MIT.EDU
tlyu at MIT.EDU
Wed Dec 22 15:36:11 EST 2010
http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/krb5/?cs=24586
Commit By: tlyu
Log Message:
README and patchlevel.h for krb5-1.9
Changed Files:
U branches/krb5-1-9/README
U branches/krb5-1-9/src/patchlevel.h
Modified: branches/krb5-1-9/README
===================================================================
--- branches/krb5-1-9/README 2010-12-22 19:10:27 UTC (rev 24585)
+++ branches/krb5-1-9/README 2010-12-22 20:36:11 UTC (rev 24586)
@@ -60,51 +60,74 @@
Major changes in 1.9
--------------------
+Additional background information on these changes may be found at
+
+ http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Release_1.9
+
+and
+
+ http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Category:Release_1.9_projects
+
Code quality:
-* Fix MITKRB5-SA-2010-007 checksum vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-1324 and others)
-* Python-based testing framework
-* DAL cleanup
+* Fix MITKRB5-SA-2010-007 checksum vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-1324 and
+ others).
+* Add a Python-based testing framework.
+
+* Perform DAL cleanup.
+
Developer experience:
-* NSS crypto back end
-* PRNG modularity
-* Fortuna-like PRNG
+* Add NSS crypto back end.
+* Improve PRNG modularity.
+
+* Add a Fortuna-like PRNG back end.
+
Performance:
* Account lockout performance improvements -- allow disabling of some
account lockout functionality to reduce the number of write
operations to the database during authentication
+* Add support for multiple KDC worker processes.
+
Administrator experience:
-* Trace logging -- for easier diagnosis of configuration problems
+* Add Trace logging support to ease the diagnosis of configuration
+ problems.
-* Support for purging old keys (e.g. from "cpw -randkey -keepold")
+* Add support for purging old keys (e.g. from "cpw -randkey -keepold").
-* Plugin interface for password sync -- based on proposed patches by
- Russ Allbery that support his krb5-sync package
+* Add plugin interface for password sync -- based on proposed patches
+ by Russ Allbery that support his krb5-sync package
-* Plugin interface for password quality checks -- enables pluggable
- password quality checks similar to Russ Allbery's krb5-strength
- package
+* Add plugin interface for password quality checks -- enables
+ pluggable password quality checks similar to Russ Allbery's
+ krb5-strength package.
-* Configuration file validator
+* Add a configuration file validator script.
-* KDC support for SecurID preauthentication -- This is the old SAM-2
- protocol, implemented to support existing deployments, not the
+* Add KDC support for SecurID preauthentication -- this is the old
+ SAM-2 protocol, implemented to support existing deployments, not the
in-progress FAST-OTP work.
+* Add "cheat" capability for kinit when running on a KDC host.
+
Protocol evolution:
-* IAKERB -- a mechanism for tunneling Kerberos KDC transactions over
- GSS-API, enabling clients to authenticate to services even when the
- clients cannot directly reach the KDC that serves the services.
+* Add support for IAKERB -- a mechanism for tunneling Kerberos KDC
+ transactions over GSS-API, enabling clients to authenticate to
+ services even when the clients cannot directly reach the KDC that
+ serves the services.
-* Camellia encryption (experimental; disabled by default)
+* Add support for Camellia encryption (experimental; disabled by
+ default).
+* Add GSS-API support for implementors of the SASL GS2 bridge
+ mechanism.
+
krb5-1.9 changes by ticket ID
-----------------------------
@@ -157,6 +180,7 @@
6791 kadm5_hook: new plugin interface
6792 Implement k5login_directory and k5login_authoritative options
6793 acquire_init_cred leaks interned name
+6794 krb5.conf manpage missing reference to rdns setting
6795 Propagate modprinc -unlock from master to slave KDCs
6796 segfault due to uninitialized variable in S4U
6799 Performance issue in LDAP policy fetch
Modified: branches/krb5-1-9/src/patchlevel.h
===================================================================
--- branches/krb5-1-9/src/patchlevel.h 2010-12-22 19:10:27 UTC (rev 24585)
+++ branches/krb5-1-9/src/patchlevel.h 2010-12-22 20:36:11 UTC (rev 24586)
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
#define KRB5_MAJOR_RELEASE 1
#define KRB5_MINOR_RELEASE 9
#define KRB5_PATCHLEVEL 0
-#define KRB5_RELTAIL "beta3-postrelease"
+/* #undef KRB5_RELTAIL */
/* #undef KRB5_RELDATE */
-#define KRB5_RELTAG "branches/krb5-1-9"
+#define KRB5_RELTAG "tags/krb5-1-9-final"
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