Heikki, * Heikki Linnakangas (hlinn...@iki.fi) wrote: > Sorry if this sounds facetious, but: > > What is the point of this patch? What's the advantage of GSSAPI encryption > over SSL? I was hoping to find the answer by reading the documentation > changes, but all I can see is "how" to set it up, and nothing about "why".
If you've already got an existing Kerberos environment, then it's a lot nicer to leverage that rather than having to also implement a full PKI to support and use SSL-based encryption. There's also something to be said for having alternatives to OpenSSL. Thanks! Stephen
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