Re: Importing Heimdal 7.8.0

From: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:06:44 UTC
> On Feb 3, 2024, at 10:54 PM, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:

…

> Is changing kerberos flavor in 2024 really what we want ?
> People who are using base kdc will likekly migrate to ports version of
> heimdal as database isn't compatible (unless something has changed in
> the past 15 years I've used kerberos).
> I guess that kerberos is still used a bit at some Colleges or old
> corporation that haven't moved from it but is it relevant for us to
> still include kerberos in base ?
> OpenSSH-portable/curl and anything else in ports could be moved to use
> MIT/Heimdal from ports (based on some options and/or subpackages if
> that is possible).

This is a good question for Cy (I can’t answer this). I’m mostly just the messenger in this case (my second sentence about "MIT kerberos being the defacto kerberos flavor” was my personal opinion on the topic).
-Enji