krb5-1.5 is released

[Tom Yu]

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The MIT Kerberos Team announces the availability of MIT Kerberos 5
Release 1.5.  Please see below for a list of some major changes
included, or consult the README file in the source tree for a more
detailed list of significant changes.

RETRIEVING KERBEROS 5 RELEASE 1.5
=================================

You may retrieve the Kerberos 5 Release 1.5 source from the
following URL:

        http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/dist/

The homepage for the krb5-1.5 release is:

        http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.5/

Further information about Kerberos 5 may be found at the following
URL:

        http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/

MAJOR CHANGES
=============

Kerberos 5 Release 1.5 includes many significant changes to the
Kerberos build system, to GSS-API, and to the Kerberos KDC and
administration system.  These changes build up infrastructure as part
of our efforts to make Kerberos more extensible and flexible.  While
we are confident that these changes will improve Kerberos in the long
run, significant code restructuring may introduce portability problems
or change behavior in ways that break applications.  It is always
important to test a new version of critical security software like
Kerberos before deploying it in your environment to confirm that the
new version meets your environment's requirements.  Because of the
significant restructuring, it is more important than usual to perform
this testing and to report problems you find.

Highlights of major changes include:

* KDB abstraction layer, donated by Novell.

* plug-in architecture, allowing for extension modules to be loaded at
  run-time.

* multi-mechanism GSS-API implementation ("mechglue"), donated by
  Sun Microsystems

* Simple and Protected GSS-API negotiation mechanism ("SPNEGO")
  implementation, donated by Sun Microsystems

* Per-directory ChangeLog files have been deleted.  Releases now
  include auto-generated revision history logs in the combined file
  doc/CHANGES.
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