Kerberos Client Version E.1.6.2.09 Release Notes (5990-1526, January 2011)

Table 3 Encryption types supported by Kerberos Client E.1.6.2.09 (continued)
DescriptionEncryption Type
Exportable ArcFour with HMAC/md5
This encryption type is an alias to the arcfour-hmac-exp encryption type.
If you specify arcfour-hmac-md5-exp in the configuration file, then it’s
behavior is the same as arcfour-hmac-exp.
arcfour-hmac-md5-exp
AES-128 CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMACaes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96
AES-128 CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC
This encryption type is an alias to the aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 encryption
type. If you specify aes128-cts in the configuration file, then it’s behavior
is the same as aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96.
aes128-cts
AES-256 CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMACaes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96
AES-256 CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC
This encryption type is an alias to the aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 encryption
type. If you specify aes256-cts in the configuration file, then it’s behavior
is the same as aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96.
aes256-cts
What is new in this Version
Kerberos Client E.1.6.2.09 is a defect-fix release and does not contain any new features. For more
information on the defects fixed in this release, see “Defect Fixes in this Version” (page 10).
Kerberos Client E.1.6.2.09 includes the following new features introduced in E.1.6.2:
• Provides thread safety for Kerberos libraries
• Provides the following new client commands:
Command for copying service ticket between credential caches - kcpytkt◦
◦ Command for deleting service ticket from the credential cache - kdeltkt
• Provides the following new functions, which are needed for NFSv4:
The gss_krb5_set_allowable_enctypes() function◦
◦ The gss_krb5_export_lucid_sec_context() function
• Provides a plug-in architecture that allows for extension modules to be loaded at run-time
• Partial client implementation to handle server name referrals
• Security fixes up to version 1.6.2 made by MIT in the open source version of Kerberos Client.
Kerberos Client version E.1.6.2.09 also supports the following features from Kerberos Client version
1.3.5:
• SASL/GSS-API bind to Netscape Directory Server used to fail when SSL was enabled
• Support for powerful cryptographic algorithms
This version of Kerberos Client software supports 3DES, AES, and RC4
• Support for IPv6
IPv6 support is enabled on this version of Kerberos Client software
8 Kerberos Client E.1.6.2.09 release notes