Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-10-01 Thread Michael Paquier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 05:23:28PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: > If you're in a position where you're using Kerberos (or most other > things from the GSSAPI) for authentication, the encryption comes at > little to no additional setup cost. And then you get all the security > benefits outlined in

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-08-06 Thread Robbie Harwood
Stephen Frost writes: > * Heikki Linnakangas (hlinn...@iki.fi) wrote: > >> 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

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-08-06 Thread Nico Williams
On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 10:36:34AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * 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 do

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-08-06 Thread Stephen Frost
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,

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-08-05 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
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". - Heikki

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-06-12 Thread Nico Williams
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:36:01PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: > Nico Williams writes: > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 04:11:10PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: > >> Nico was kind enough to provide me with some code review. This should > >> those concerns (clarify short-read behavior and fixing error

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-06-12 Thread Robbie Harwood
Nico Williams writes: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 04:11:10PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: >> Nico was kind enough to provide me with some code review. This should >> those concerns (clarify short-read behavior and fixing error checking on >> GSS functions). > > Besides the bug you fixed and which

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-06-11 Thread Nico Williams
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 04:11:10PM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: > Nico was kind enough to provide me with some code review. This should > those concerns (clarify short-read behavior and fixing error checking on > GSS functions). Besides the bug you fixed and which I told you about off-list (on IR

Re: [PATCH v18] GSSAPI encryption support

2018-06-11 Thread Robbie Harwood
Hi, Nico was kind enough to provide me with some code review. This should those concerns (clarify short-read behavior and fixing error checking on GSS functions). Thanks, --Robbie signature.asc Description: PGP signature >From 20b9f7d5cd9a35e7210ccc309bada789411b6cdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 F