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| @c $Id$
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| @node Introduction, What is Kerberos?, Top, Top
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| @c @node Introduction, What is Kerberos?, Top, Top
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| @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
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| @chapter Introduction
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| 
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| @heading What is Heimdal?
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| 
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| Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5. The goals are to:
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| 
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| @itemize @bullet
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| @item
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| have an implementation that can be freely used by anyone
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| @item
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| be protocol compatible with existing implementations and, if not in
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| conflict, with RFC 4120 (and any future updated RFC). RFC 4120
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| replaced RFC 1510.
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| @item
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| be reasonably compatible with the M.I.T Kerberos V5 API
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| @item
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| have support for Kerberos V5 over GSS-API (RFC1964)
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| @item
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| include the most important and useful application programs (rsh, telnet,
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| popper, etc.)
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| @item
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| include enough backwards compatibility with Kerberos V4
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| @end itemize
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| 
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| @heading Status
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| 
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| Heimdal has the following features (this does not mean any of this
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| works):
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| @itemize @bullet
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| @item
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| a stub generator and a library to encode/decode/whatever ASN.1/DER
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| stuff
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| @item
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| a @code{libkrb5} library that should be possible to get to work with
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| simple applications
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| a GSS-API library
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| @file{kinit}, @file{klist}, @file{kdestroy}
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| @item
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| @file{telnet}, @file{telnetd}
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| @item
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| @file{rsh}, @file{rshd}
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| @item
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| @file{popper}, @file{push} (a movemail equivalent)
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| @item
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| @file{ftp}, and @file{ftpd}
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| a library @file{libkafs} for authenticating to AFS and a program
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| @file{afslog} that uses it
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| @item
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| some simple test programs
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| a KDC that supports most things; optionally, it may also support
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| Kerberos V4 and kaserver,
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| @item
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| simple programs for distributing databases between a KDC master and
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| slaves
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| @item
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| a password changing daemon @file{kpasswdd}, library functions for
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| changing passwords and a simple client
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| @item
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| some kind of administration system
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| Kerberos V4 support in many of the applications.
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| @end itemize
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| 
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| @heading Bug reports
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| 
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| If you find bugs in this software, make sure it is a genuine bug and not
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| just a part of the code that isn't implemented.
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| 
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| Bug reports should be sent to @email{heimdal-bugs@@pdc.kth.se}. Please
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| include information on what machine and operating system (including
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| version) you are running, what you are trying to do, what happens, what
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| you think should have happened, an example for us to repeat, the output
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| you get when trying the example, and a patch for the problem if you have
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| one. Please make any patches with @code{diff -u} or @code{diff -c}.
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| 
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| Suggestions, comments and other non bug reports are also welcome.
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| 
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| @heading Mailing list
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| 
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| There are two mailing lists with talk about
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| Heimdal. @email{heimdal-announce@@sics.se} is a low-volume announcement
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| list, while @email{heimdal-discuss@@sics.se} is for general discussion.
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| Send a message to @email{majordomo@@sics.se} to subscribe.
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| 
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| @heading Heimdal source code, binaries and the manual
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| 
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| The source code for heimdal, links to binaries and the manual (this
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| document) can be found on our web-page at
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| @url{http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/}.
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