[krbdev.mit.edu #2726] Output control statements lose final character when encrypted.

Tom Yu via RT rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Fri Dec 10 15:17:12 EST 2004


>>>>> "Donn" == donn at u washington edu via RT <rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu> writes:

Donn> Yes, I have had a chance to look at it more carefully and
Donn> I apologize for mischaracterizing the problem.  It is actually
Donn> that ftpd doesn't send the terminal NUL byte in a gss_sealed
Donn> message -- in krb5-1.3.xx, when it used to in krb5-1.2.xx.

Ok, I don't consider this to be a bug in our ftpd.  RFC 2228 doesn't
require that a terminal newline be included in the plaintext of the
message, and doesn't prohibit or require that a terminal NUL byte be
included in the plaintext of the message either.

---Tom



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