The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Authen::Krb5::Admin
DSLIP: bdhOb
description: MIT Kerberos 5 kadmin interface XS module
userid: KORTY (Andrew J. Korty)
chapterid: 14 (Security_and_Encryption)
communities:
comp.protocols.kerberos, comp.lang.perl.modules, private e-mail with
Jeff Horwitz and other Kerberos 5 developers
similar:
Authen::Krb5
rationale:
While Authen::Krb5 is an interface to Kerberos 5 authentication and
encryption functions, my module provides access to the kadmin
administration and maintenance functions. Specifically, it is an XS
module interface to the libkadm5clnt library, which means it can
manipulate principals and policies on a remote KDC running kadmind.
Rather than adding on to Authen::Krb5, I decided to create a
separate module since most developers won't need the kadmin
functionality, which only KDC administrators can use. Also, long ago
Jeff Horwitz suggested a separate module since Authen::Krb5 was
already so large.
Since this implementation is MIT-specific, it's tempting to add
"MIT" somewhere in the name. But I think it would be better to keep
the name simple and eventually add compatibility with other KDCs to
the module. Users should not have to care which KDCs they're talking
to.
Originally, I named this module Authen::Krb5::Kadm5, but I decided
the Ks and the 5s were redundant.
enteredby: KORTY (Andrew J. Korty)
enteredon: Wed Jun 5 20:02:23 2002 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Authen::Krb5::
::Admin bdhOb MIT Kerberos 5 kadmin interface XS module KORTY
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