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Kerberos for Macintosh 4.0 Release Notes

Kerberos for Macintosh 4.0 is a major release of Kerberos for Macintosh which expands and improves native support for Mac OS X as well as including the new UI elements for Classic Mac OS introduced in KfM 3.5.

Requirements:
Mac OS X components require Mac OS X 10.1.2 or later.
Classic Mac OS components require a PowerPC Macintosh running Mac OS 8.1 or later.

New Features in Kerberos for Macintosh 4.0

Kerberos Control Panel

• Mach-O version for use under Mac OS X
• Mac OS X: dock icon indicates ticket status and remaining lifetime
• Mac OS X: pop-up menu from dock icon provides convenient acquisition, deletion and renewal of tickets, and allows easy switching between active users

Mac OS X

• Native implementation of KfM Kerberos libraries provided as a framework
• Limited support for legacy Unix applications via /usr/lib
• CFM bridge libraries provide support to Carbon CFM applications
• Support for Kerberos during remote connections
• Mach-O Kerberos control panel with dynamic dock icon and pop-up menu for common Kerberos functions
• KfM under Classic now shares its ticket cache with the OS X ticket cache

Changes since Kerberos for Macintosh 4.0fc1

• Mac OS X: Fixed UID security hole where other users could see your tickets if they SSH into your Macintosh.
• Mac OS X: Fixed memory leak in CCacheClassicServer.app
• Mac OS X: Removed nonfunctional help button from Kerberos Login dialog
• Mac OS X: Installer now enforces Mac OS X 10.1.2 minimum requirement
• Mac OS X/9: Kerberos Login dialog now returns correct error messages again.
• Mac OS X/9: Classic ticket sharing is disabled when KfM is installed only on the Classic system and not OS X.
• Mac OS X/9: Classic ticket sharing is disabled when the versions of KfM on OS X and the Classic system do not match.
• Mac OS X/9: Fixed various bugs in Classic ticket sharing AE handling
• Mac OS X/9: Kerberos Menu 'Open Kerberos Control Panel' item now enabled under Classic
• Mac OS 8: Now works under Mac OS 8.1 again.

Note: If you built an application that linked against the /usr/lib dylibs in KfM 4.0b2 or earlier, or the ones included with Mac OS X 10.1, you will need to re-link your application to work with the KfM 4.0 dylibs.

Useful Webpages

• Getting Kerberos for Macintosh 4.0
• Kerberos for Macintosh Documentation - information on using the KfM components and their features.
• Mac OS X Installation Instructions
• Kerberos on Mac OS X FAQ
• Known Bugs - known bugs for each KfM release
• Kerberos.framework Documentation - important information if you plan to develop against the libraries on Mac OS X

Questions or comments? Send mail to macdev@mit.edu
Last updated on $Date: 2003/11/18 22:03:52 $
Last modified by $Author: smcguire $