Inconsistencies in KDC status messages formats
Will Fiveash
will.fiveash at oracle.com
Mon Oct 22 19:38:14 EDT 2012
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:35:43AM -0400, Zhanna Tsitkova wrote:
> Hello,
> As part of KDC status reporting, the string status messages are
> generated and incorporated into log messages to be recorded in KDC log
> files.
> It appears that the messages vary greatly in format and style. For
> example,
> "ENCRYPTING_TICKET" (all upper case with underscore)
> "ANONYMOUS NOT ALLOWED" (all upper case without underscore)
> "generating reply key" (all lower case)
> "UNEXPECTED NULL in header_ticket" etc
> In addition, the messages are inconsistent as the statements. Compare
> "CANT_FIND_CLIENT_KEY" and "DECRYPT_SERVER_KEY". Both of them are
> reported on error, but only the former sound like it.
>
> The logical thing would be to make the string status messages more
> consistent ("All english words without underscores" or,
> alternatively, ALL_UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORE ) and document the update.
>
> Any thoughts on the matter?
All correctly spelled English words without underscores.
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Will Fiveash
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