Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 Release Notes

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| Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 Release Notes

> Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 is a major new version of Kerberos for Macintosh for Mac OS X. It is only available as part of Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).

> System Requirements for Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0

> - Mac OS X 10.3 or later (KfM 5.0 included with operating system)

> New Features and Changes in Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0

> General
> - Includes MIT Kerberos v5 1.3.1
> - Apple KDC based on MIT KDC ships with Mac OS X Server (includes integration with other services on Mac OS X server)
> - Standard MIT KDC binaries are included with Mac OS X client but not configured
> - kadmin, ktutil tools now included
> - Improved Windows interoperability: TCP support added to client libraries and KDC, RC4 crypto system, Microsoft set-password protocol
> - Support for DNS lookups of KDCs
> - Defaults to addressless tickets (if user hasn't already specified a default in their configuration file)
> - Kerberos configuration file can now be located in /etc/krb5.conf
> - Kerberos v4 now based on MIT's core v4 compatibility library
> - No longer prompts for Kerberos login in command-line environments
> - Many bug fixes and feature improvements
> Kerberos Login Dialog
> - Redesigned, streamlined Kerberos Login dialog
> - Rewritten entirely in Cocoa
> - UI for getting addressless tickets (NAT mode) in Login dialog
> - UI for getting renewable tickets and setting renewable lifetime in Login dialog
> - Kerberos Login dialog badged to show which application presented it
> - New realms can be entered directly into dialog (for DNS support)
> - Localized for French, German, and Japanese
> Kerberos Application
> - Improved appearance and performance
> - New icon with better key status visibility
> - Support for setting defaults for addressless tickets, renewable tickets, and renewable lifetime
> - Optionally will automatically renew renewable tickets
> - Support for adding DNS realms in the Edit Favorite Realms dialog
> - Double-click on ticket entries to display ticket information window
> - Will work without a configuration file being present

> Useful Webpages

> - Kerberos for Macintosh FAQs
> - Mac OS X Kerberos Extras
> - Kerberos for Macintosh Documentation - information on using the KfM components and their features.

Questions or comments? Send mail to macdev@mit.edu
Last updated on $Date: 2003/11/18 20:41:49 $
Last modified by $Author: smcguire $