krb5 commit [krb5-1.18]: Fix typo and DES section in 1.18 README

Greg Hudson ghudson at mit.edu
Wed Mar 18 12:52:34 EDT 2020


https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/78a945c179afcc870f445813aa33202c2383ca91
commit 78a945c179afcc870f445813aa33202c2383ca91
Author: Greg Hudson <ghudson at mit.edu>
Date:   Tue Mar 17 14:54:27 2020 -0400

    Fix typo and DES section in 1.18 README

 README |   13 +++++--------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 368ecab..abf0d57 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,14 +64,11 @@ and using the "Guest Login" button.  Please note that the web
 interface to our bug database is read-only for guests, and the primary
 way to interact with our bug database is via email.
 
-DES transition
---------------
+DES no longer supported
+-----------------------
 
-The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is widely recognized as weak.  The
-krb5-1.7 release contains measures to encourage sites to migrate away
-from using single-DES cryptosystems.  Among these is a configuration
-variable that enables "weak" enctypes, which defaults to "false"
-beginning with krb5-1.8.
+Beginning with the krb5-1.18 release, single-DES encryption types are
+no longer supported.
 
 Major changes in 1.18 (2019-02-12)
 ----------------------------------
@@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ Code quality:
 * The libkrb5 serialization code (used to export and import krb5 GSS
   security contexts) has been simplified and made type-safe.
 
-* The libkrb5 code for creating KRB-PRIV, KRB-SAFE, and KRB-CRED d
+* The libkrb5 code for creating KRB-PRIV, KRB-SAFE, and KRB-CRED
   messages has been revised to conform to current coding practices.
 
 * The test suite has been modified to work with macOS System Integrity


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