In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Moeller) wrote:

> I noticed that from MIT version 1.2.4 to 1.3.1 the gss_accept_sec_context 
> call 
> has changed in ftpd.c. It is now set to use always GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS. 
> I also noticed that changing the channel bindings in gss_init_sec_context on 
> the client doesn't create an error I would expect. 
> 
> I also see a different behaviour in my proftpd mod_gss module. If the client 
> uses gss_init_sec_context with GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS, the channel 
> bindings 
> settings in gss_accept_sec_context on the server are ignored (e.g if the 
> server uses channel bindings with application data set and the client used 
> GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS the client can login)
> 
> Is this intention ??

I can't speak for the MIT Kerberos developers, but I feel
fairly confident that it was not an accident.  Moreover,
it is quite useful for GSS Fetch users behind NATs, for
example.

   Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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