Upcoming KfW 3.x ??

[Danny Mayer]

Jeff Blaine wrote:
> On 1/6/2010 7:33 PM, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> On 1/6/2010 2:32 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
>>> I seem to have all sorts of weird problems with KfW.
>>>
>>> For instance, I just clicked 'Cancel' in the 'Obtain
>>> new credentials' dialog for a certain realm and the
>>> dialog greyed out, won't go away, and won't close
>>> via [X].
>>>
>>> Other times I get DNS failures from NIM when nslookup
>>> in a cmd.exe window resolves the KDCs fine.
>>>
>>> Overall, I have zero problems with other network apps
>>> on this box.
>> You are welcome to try a beta of Network Identity Manager v2 if you
>> would like.
>> (Send private mail to be added to the testers list.)   However, if the
>> problem is
>> the resolution of DNS SRV records (which some DNS proxies do not respond to)
>> then the problem will not be resolved by the update.
> 
> Jeffrey,
> 
> I ended up solving my issues by forceably finding and removing
> all traces of anything related to KfW after "uninstall with
> no config saving" -- and reinstalling.
> 
> [ I consider it a bug that 'uninstall' does not clean up the   ]
> [ registry when I've said not to keep my "configuration" info. ]
> 

File a bug report against kfw.

> I don't know what the problem was.  Oh well.
> 
> I'd love to be a tester, but unfortunately I need to run the
> version our users have in order to troubleshoot things.
> 

Well you should be testing snyway before you release to users to ensure
that you don't have any surprises or changes in the way things work.

> Aside, is there a reason for the 2-step credential obtaining
> process where the account is 'checked' then one is given a
> password text entry field?  It's clunky to interact with.
> 
> Another aside, what release will have krb4 cred obtaining
> disabled by default?
> 
>> What I would do is use "Network Monitor v3.2" from Microsoft Connect to
>> examine the network traffic and see what requests are failing to receive
>> responses.
> 
> FWIW 3.3 is out
> 
> Looks like a nice tool.  I may ditch put Ethereal in the attic.

If you are still using Ethereal the you are using a very old version.
The name has been changed and it is now called wireshark and is
available for windows.

Danny