<!-- #bbinclude "header.html" #PAGETITLE#="Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 Release Notes" #BASEHREF#="" --> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 Release Notes </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#663399"> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=8> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/is-logo.gif" ALT="MIT Information Systems"></TD> <TD><BR><H1>Macintosh Development</H1></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/macdev.html">Home</A>] [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/about.html">About Us</A>] [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/people.html">People</A>] [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/is/">Information Systems</A>] <BR> [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/kerberos.html">Kerberos for Macintosh</A>] [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/applications.html">Applications</A>] [<A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/macdev/www/documentation.html">Miscellaneous Documentation</A>] </CENTER> <HR> <!-- end bbinclude --> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=4> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="graphics/ThreeHeadsAndKey.gif"></TD> <TD><B><FONT SIZE="+3">Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0 Release Notes</FONT></B></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0</B> is a major new version of Kerberos for Macintosh for Mac OS X. It is only available as part of Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).</P> <P><B>System Requirements for Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0</B> <UL> <LI>Mac OS X 10.3 or later (KfM 5.0 included with operating system) </UL> <P> <P><B>New Features and Changes in Kerberos for Macintosh 5.0</B></P> <I>General</I> <UL TYPE="disc"> <LI>Includes <A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.3/README-1.3.1.txt">MIT Kerberos v5 1.3.1</A></LI> <LI>Apple KDC based on MIT KDC ships with Mac OS X Server (includes integration with other services on Mac OS X server)</LI> <LI>Standard MIT KDC binaries are included with Mac OS X client but not configured</LI> <LI>kadmin, ktutil tools now included</LI> <LI>Improved Windows interoperability: TCP support added to client libraries and KDC, RC4 crypto system, Microsoft set-password protocol</LI> <LI>Support for DNS lookups of KDCs</LI> <LI>Defaults to addressless tickets (if user hasn't already specified a default in their configuration file) <LI>Kerberos configuration file can now be located in /etc/krb5.conf</LI> <LI>Kerberos v4 now based on MIT's core v4 compatibility library</LI> <LI>No longer prompts for Kerberos login in command-line environments</LI> <LI>Many bug fixes and feature improvements</LI> </UL> <I>Kerberos Login Dialog</I> <UL TYPE="disc"> <LI>Redesigned, streamlined Kerberos Login dialog</LI> <LI>Rewritten entirely in Cocoa</LI> <LI>UI for getting addressless tickets (NAT mode) in Login dialog</LI> <LI>UI for getting renewable tickets and setting renewable lifetime in Login dialog</LI> <LI>Kerberos Login dialog badged to show which application presented it</LI> <LI>New realms can be entered directly into dialog (for DNS support)</LI> <LI>Localized for French, German, and Japanese</LI> </UL> <I>Kerberos Application</I> <UL TYPE="disc"> <LI>Improved appearance and performance</LI> <LI>New icon with better key status visibility</LI> <LI>Support for setting defaults for addressless tickets, renewable tickets, and renewable lifetime</LI> <LI>Optionally will automatically renew renewable tickets</LI> <LI>Support for adding DNS realms in the Edit Favorite Realms dialog</LI> <LI>Double-click on ticket entries to display ticket information window</LI> <LI>Will work without a configuration file being present</LI> </UL> <P><B>Useful Webpages</B></P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="faq.html">Kerberos for Macintosh FAQs</A> <LI><A HREF="osx-kerberos-extras.html">Mac OS X Kerberos Extras</A> <LI><A HREF="documentation.html">Kerberos for Macintosh Documentation</A> - information on using the KfM components and their features. </UL> </BLOCKQUOTE> <!-- #bbinclude "footer.html" --> <HR> <P> <FONT SIZE="+1"> <B> Questions or comments? Send mail to <A HREF="mailto:macdev@mit.edu">macdev@mit.edu</A> </B> </FONT> <BR> Last updated on $Date: 2003/11/18 20:41:49 $ <BR> Last modified by $Author: smcguire $<BR> </P> <!-- Begin MIT-use only web reporting counter --> <IMG SRC="http://counter.mit.edu/tally" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""> <!-- End MIT-use only web reporting counter --> </BODY> </HTML> <!-- end bbinclude -->