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1@node Introduction, What is Kerberos?, Top, Top
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4@chapter Introduction
5
6@heading What is Heimdal?
7
8Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5. The goals are to:
9
10@itemize @bullet
11@item
12have an implementation that can be freely used by anyone
13@item
14be protocol compatible with existing implementations and, if not in
15conflict, with RFC 1510 (and any future updated RFC)
16@item
17be reasonably compatible with the M.I.T Kerberos V5 API
18@item
19have support for Kerberos V5 over GSS-API (RFC1964)
20@item
21include the most important and useful application programs (rsh, telnet,
22popper, etc.)
23@item
24include enough backwards compatibility with Kerberos V4
25@end itemize
26
27@heading Status
28
29Heimdal has the following features (this does not mean any of this
30works):
31
32@itemize @bullet
33@item
34a stub generator and a library to encode/decode/whatever ASN.1/DER
35stuff
36@item
37a @code{libkrb5} library that should be possible to get to work with
38simple applications
39@item
40a GSS-API library that should have all the important functions for
41building applications
42@item
43Eric Young's @file{libdes}
44@item
45@file{kinit}, @file{klist}, @file{kdestroy}
46@item
47@file{telnet}, @file{telnetd}
48@item
49@file{rsh}, @file{rshd}
50@item
51@file{popper}, @file{push} (a movemail equivalent)
52@item
53@file{ftp}, and @file{ftpd}
54@item
55a library @file{libkafs} for authenticating to AFS and a program
56@file{afslog} that uses it
57@item
58some simple test programs
59@item
60a KDC that supports most things; optionally, it may also support
61Kerberos V4 and kaserver,
62@item
63simple programs for distributing databases between a KDC master and
64slaves
65@item
66a password changing daemon @file{kpasswdd}, library functions for
67changing passwords and a simple client
68@item
69some kind of administration system
70@item
71Kerberos V4 support in many of the applications.
72@end itemize
73
74@heading Bug reports
75
76If you find bugs in this software, make sure it is a genuine bug and not
77just a part of the code that isn't implemented.
78
79Bug reports should be sent to @email{heimdal-bugs@@pdc.kth.se}. Please
80include information on what machine and operating system (including
81version) you are running, what you are trying to do, what happens, what
82you think should have happened, an example for us to repeat, the output
83you get when trying the example, and a patch for the problem if you have
84one. Please make any patches with @code{diff -u} or @code{diff -c}.
85
86Suggestions, comments and other non bug reports are also welcome.
87
88@heading Mailing list
89
90There are two mailing lists with talk about
91Heimdal. @email{heimdal-announce@@sics.se} is a low-volume announcement
92list, while @email{heimdal-discuss@@sics.se} is for general discussion.
93Send a message to @email{majordomo@@sics.se} to subscribe.
94