Hi all! GSS participate, through the GNU project, in the Google Summer of Code, see:
http://code.google.com/soc/ You can earn USD 4500 for working on a GSS project! The ideas I had are available from: http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas.html#gss and currently include: 1. Make the library modular, so that each mechanism is in a separate library that is dlopen()'d. Have it be able to multiplex GSS-API services between Shishi, MIT Kerberos, and Heimdal, as per a configuration file. This would make it possible for all applications that support GSS-API to depend on GNU GSS, and the actual Kerberos implementation can be selected by the administrator on a host. This is useful for Linux distributions which today ship separate packages for popular applications, e.g. OpenSSH, one without GSS-API support, one with GSS-API support for MIT Kerberos, and one with GSS-API support for Heimdal. 2. Implement the Simple Public-Key GSS-API Mechanism, see RFC 2025. 3. Implement the The Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism, see RFC 2478 I'm open to hear about other neat ideas, even if you are not volunteering to be either mentor or student. Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Help-gss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gss
