Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
>
> From: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ben> Well, I guess I'm missing something - if they now use OpenSSL instead of
> ben> libdes, why do we need compatibility with libdes?
>
> As I said, libdes exists in several variants, more or less one variant
> for MIT KRB and one variant for KTH-KRB4/Heimdal. Both have, as far
> as I know, functionality that we don't and some incompatibilities.
> Besides, it's just recently that people have actually tried to make
> programs that use both Heimdal (for the Kerberos parts) and OpenSSL
> (for SSL/TLS), so the hacking to make it work with the internal libdes
> as well as with OpenSSL has just started.
>
> And no, they don't currently use OpenSSL instead of libdes by
> default. At least for Heimdal, it's only an option. I have no idea
> if MIT KRB has even gotten that far yet.
Umm. If they are incompatible and programs use them both, then I'm
_really_ confused - why do we need to maintain compatibility that we
didn't have in the first place (and doesn't appear to serve any useful
purpose)?
Cheers,
Ben.
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