On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 11:34:55AM -0500, Ken Hornstein wrote:
> >I am kinda new to kerberos and started to play with ldap / kerberos to
> >get a single-sign-on running for Windows and Unix/Linux-Clients.
> >
> >Right now I am unsure which kerberos implementation to choose. I've
> >checked the FAQ, searched groups.google - without finding pros and cons
> >of the MIT | Cygnus | KTH | Heimdal - implementations.
> 
> Short summary:
> 
> - Cygnus seems to be effectively dead; I think that they have stopped all of
>   their Kerberos development.  Wouldn't recommend it.
> - KTH I _believe_ is the final V4 release from the guys in Sweden; don't think
>   it's a good idea to start out with V4 in this day and age.

I'd add: both, MIT krb5 and Heimdal configure and build just fine on
Cygwin; just remember to --disable-otp when building Heimdal on
Cygwin.

> That leaves MIT and Heimdal; I'm personally an MIT guy, but I know plenty
> of people that use Heimdal.  You could try one and see if it meets your
> needs (maybe since you're from Germany, you might want to try Heimdal
> if for no other reason than European solidarity :-) ).
> 
> --Ken


Cheers,

Nico
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