Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 09:58:22 -0500 From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@MIT.EDU> To: krbdev@MIT.EDU 0) next meeting 8 January 1991, 3:30->4:30 in E40-316 [Have a safe & happy New Year's holiday] 1) status reports: jfc: AWOL jtkohl: RFC protocol changes should be finished now; some editing remains. code to implement RFC changes is underway. jon: was temporarily blocked by some library bugs, but should be able to progress now. principal database "hammer" should be ready by next week. tytso: kdb_edit load & dump now work. doing some type-check changes to kdb stuff to make sure encrypted & unencrypted keys don't get confused. working on sendauth/recvauth for use in kprop/kpropd; general form won't be ready with this release of slave code. don: has been out sick & otherwise busy; will probably help out with assembling some documentation. 2) other things: Jeff will look at pseudo-code for string_to_key and verify (1) the pseudo-code matches the C code and (2) the algorithm really is non-invertible. other DES implementations exist (e.g. Ferguson (sp?)), but to avoid distribution hassles, we'll probably only provide "glue" code to those libraries, and let other sites pick up the code directly from the author(s). alpha3 tentative date is Thursday 20 December (for release; code should be done by 19 December) beta-test might be sometime in late Jan/early Feb; really depends on when we think the protocol is really "nailed down."