Re: removing MK_GSSAPI
- Reply: Rick Macklem : "Re: removing MK_GSSAPI"
- In reply to: Rick Macklem : "Re: removing MK_GSSAPI"
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:33:28 UTC
Rick Macklem: > Once upon a time, GSSAPI was envisioned to someday have a variety of > mechanisms, with Kerberos being one possible one. That has never > happened i believe Heimdal does provide an NTLM mechanism (libgssapi_ntlm) and also an SPNEGO mechanism which can presumably use either Kerberos or NTLM, but as Heimdal is planned to be removed anyway, i'm not sure this is a reason to keep the knob around just in case someone decides to add those back later.