Re: patch to gssapi server authentication to accept any server

[Derek R. Price]

Assar Westerlund wrote:

> "Derek R. Price" <address@hidden> writes:
> > How does this affect installation and configuration by the end user?
>
> Not at all.  Before, you had to have a key for address@hidden(), but
> now any key stored in /etc/krb5.keytab can be used for
> authentication.  What worked before still works, and it is simpler for
> people with multihomed servers and such.

Might this be perceived as a loss of functionality to some people, or
perhaps less secure?

Derek

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