>From talking to IBM a few weeks ago on this subject, it does appear that >it is low priority. It doesn't seem like it's a low priority; it seems like it's NO priority! Included below is a mesasge Dan Geer sent to the Kerberos mailing list a few days ago (forwarded with his permission). Seems to answer the question about whether or not we will see Kerberos 5 support in AFS anytime soon. I have to say that I, for one, am rather pissed about the whole thing; Transarc very clearly in my mind told everyone MULTIPLE times that V5 support was in the works, and now they've gone back on that promise. If it was just _us_ asking about V5 support, I'd understand, but at the last Decorum I went to there was a lot of interest in V5 support; I really don't understand why this happened. --Ken
With various embeddings, we have | > sysgod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > > Almost a year ago Transarc/IBM said they were about 95% done with | > > putting Kerberos V into AFS. Anybody know what's up with that? | > > Apparently the guy that was working on it left the company. Too bad, | > > we were hoping that would be real by now... | > | > Your guess is as good as anyone else's, I think. I've heard exactly that | > statement for years now with no apparent progress. Transarc is definitely | > one of the slowest vendors that we deal with. | | Direct question: is AFS an EOL'ed product or are there any planns for | the future ? After a direct (and legitimate) question to IBM, I received ------- Forwarded Message To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:21:51 -0400 Subject: AFS Hello, Dan. Thank you for your interest in AFS. In answer to your question, there are no plans to support Kerberos 5 in AFS. If you are still interested in product, please let me know. I would like to talk with you further about your specific application. Sincerely, Renee' Ramfos File Systems Sales IBM Transarc Lab 11 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone: 412-667-3544 Fax: 412-667-4439 ------- End of Forwarded Message Comments? --dan
