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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