Regarding the published code of Kerberos V5

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Aneuya" == Aneuya  <aneuya at yahoo.co.in> writes:

    Aneuya> Hi, I am a research student in India and working on a
    Aneuya> filesystems project where we are planning to provide
    Aneuya> authentication using Kerberos V5. Can we use the published
    Aneuya> code directly by customizing it according to our
    Aneuya> requirements and still maintaining the standard ?

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So you can use the code within those constraints which should be
sufficient for your needs.  You'll probably want to download the code
from www.crypto-publish.org.