GNU Generic Security Service Library (GSSLib) 0.0.9 alpha released (fwd)

From: Frederick Noronha (FN) (fred_at_bytesforall.org)
Date: 04/20/04

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    GSS is an implementation of the Generic Security Service Application
    Program Interface (GSS-API). GSS-API is used by network servers to
    provide security services, e.g., to authenticate SMTP/IMAP clients
    against SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a library, a manual, and a
    command line tool for debugging purposes.

    While written to be flexible with regards to different GSS mechanisms,
    the only currently supported mechanism is Kerberos 5 via GNU Shishi.

    The project page of the library is available at:
      http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/
      http://josefsson.org/gss/

    Here are the compressed sources:
      ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-0.0.11.tar.gz (1.3MB)
      http://josefsson.org/gss/releases/gss-0.0.11.tar.gz (1.3MB)

    Here are GPG detached signatures using key 0xB565716F:
      ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-0.0.11.tar.gz.sig
      http://josefsson.org/gss/releases/gss-0.0.11.tar.gz.sig

    Here are the build reports for various platforms:
      http://josefsson.org/autobuild/gss.html

    Here are the MD5/SHA1 checksums:

    9e7d1f547c57486e03909c5a2a07460b gss-0.0.11.tar.gz
    92e8bb330d934a3d457587fee560958c gss-0.0.11.tar.gz.sig
    5976f62d6171c8c5f7188abf4f5a07716ad362f2 gss-0.0.11.tar.gz
    728bdc6492aa16cfedfa74c98092c41952dcf8cf gss-0.0.11.tar.gz.sig

    Noteworthy changes (since 0.0.9, last version announced here):

    * Changes in 0.0.11 (released 2004-04-18)

    ** Minor cleanups to the core header file.
    Using xom.h is no longer supported (the file doesn't exist on modern
    systems).

    ** Kerberos 5 sequence number handling fixed.
    First, gss_init_sec_context set the sequence numbers correctly, before
    the incorrect sequence numbers prevented gss_(un)wrap from working
    correctly. Secondly, gss_unwrap now check the sequence numbers
    correctly. This was prompted by the addition of randomized sequence
    numbers by default in Shishi 0.0.15.

    ** The compatibility files in gl/ where synced with Gnulib.

    ** Various bugfixes and cleanups.

    ** Polish translation added, by Jakub Bogusz.

    * Changes in 0.0.10 (released 2004-01-22)

    ** A command line tool "gss" added in src/.
    The tool can be used to split up an GSS-API error code into the
    calling error, the routine error and the supplementary info bits, and
    to print text describing the error condition.

    ** gss_display_status can return multiple description texts (using context).

    ** The Swedish translation has been updated.

    ** Various cleanups and improvements.

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