On 08/30/2011 06:30 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 08/30/2011 01:25 AM, Luk Claes wrote: >> On 08/30/2011 06:16 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >>> I concur with Sean Finney that nfs-utils should Build-Depend on >>> libnfsidmap-dev >= 0.24 to ease backporting. >>> >>> I'm hoping to prepare nfs-utils 1.2.4 as a backport for squeeze, and >>> it'd be nice to modify the source package as minimally as possible. >> >> What features do you need/want from 1.2.4? > > the version of nfs-utils in squeeze is only capable of using des-cbc-crc > kerberos tickets. This is a poor choice for network security. No one > setting up a modern system should be using plain DES for anything. > > from 1:1.2.3-1: > > - Try to use kernel function to determine supported Kerberos > enctypes (258f10f) (Closes: #474037) > > Taking advantage of this appears to require the kernel from > squeeze-backports as well, but i don't think that's an unreasonable > tradeoff (and i have verified that it works with 2.6.39-bpo.2, currently > in squeeze-backports).
Fair enough, just was curious what feature(s) made you think about backporting. Good luck with the backport and please do share your experiences. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e5d1448.4010...@debian.org
