[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Update

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Carolyn" == Carolyn Fuller <fuller at MIT.EDU> writes:

    Carolyn> Helen,
    >> Kerberos is completely usable. The only known Kerberos issue is
    >> if you have implemented Kerberos tickets on login, which
    >> involves making modifications to the /etc/authorization
    >> file. If you have never edited this file, you (and your users)
    >> are not affected.

    Carolyn> This is not true. There is the issue that MIT and Apple
    Carolyn> are working on right now that involves Rich Text
    Carolyn> Formatted Mail.app email and Kerberos. This is a pretty
    Carolyn> serious bug that causes incoming email and gibberish to
    Carolyn> be appended onto outgoing email. Setting your "Composing:
    Carolyn> Message Format: Plain Text" does not mean you will avoid
    Carolyn> this bug. If you copy and paste Rich Text, it will stay
    Carolyn> Rich Text unless you remember to manually convert to
    Carolyn> plain text before you hit "Send".


To clarify, the problem is not with rich text but with messages longer
than 8192 bytes.

We are of course working with Apple on this issue.

Sam Hartman
Manager, MIT Kerberos Team
MIT Information Services and Technology