Generic Security Service Library (GSSLib) 1.0.0

[Simon Josefsson]

GSSLib is an implementation of the Generic Security Service
Application Program Interface (GSS-API).  GSS-API is used by network
servers to provide security services.  For example, GSS can be used to
authenticate a client against SMTP or IMAP servers.  GSS consists of a
library, a manual, and a command line tool for debugging purposes.

Noteworthy changes since the last version:

* Version 1.0.0 (released 2010-03-30)

** Rarely used GNU GSS extensions removed.
The removed APIs are gss_copy_oid, gss_duplicate_oid, and
gss_encapsulate_token_prefix.

** Align capsulation functions with Heimdal and specification document.
The functions are gss_encapsulate_token and gss_decapsulate_token.
The semantics and function prototypes changed slightly.

** Added --with-po-suffix configure parameter to modify the gettext domain.
This parameter is useful when you want to have both this version and
the older version installed at the same time.

** API and ABI modifications.
gss_copy_oid: REMOVED.
gss_duplicate_oid: REMOVED.
gss_encapsulate_token_prefix: REMOVED.
gss_encapsulate_token: MODIFIED.
gss_decapsulate_token: MODIFIED.

While written to be flexible with regards to different GSS mechanisms,
the only currently supported mechanism is Kerberos V5 via GNU Shishi.
Mutual and non-mutual authentication and channel bindings, as client
and server, is supported.  Message privacy protection using DES and
3DES is supported.

GSS aims to be internationalized, thread safe and portable.  GSS is
written in ANSI/ISO C89, and has been ported to numerous platforms, even
cross compiled to embedded platforms such as Motorola Coldfire.

GSS is a GNU project, and is licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 3 or later.

Improving GSS is costly, but you can help!  We are looking for
organizations that find GSS useful and wish to contribute back.  You can
contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, or donate money or
equipment.

Commercial support contracts for GSS are available, and they help
finance continued maintenance.  Simon Josefsson Datakonsult AB, a
Stockholm based privately held company, is currently funding GSS
maintenance.  We are always looking for interesting development
projects.

The project's web page is available at:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/

All manuals are available from:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/manual/

Specifically, the following formats are available.

The main manual:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/manual/gss.html - HTML format
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/manual/gss.pdf - PDF format

For code coverage and cyclomatic code complexity charts:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/coverage/
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/cyclo/cyclo-gss.html

If you need help to use GNU GSS, or want to help others, you are
invited to join our help-gss mailing list, see:
  http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gss

Here are the compressed sources of the entire package:
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-1.0.0.tar.gz (1.9MB)
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig (OpenPGP signature)

We also provide pre-built Windows binaries:
  http://josefsson.org/gnutls4win/gss-1.0.0.zip
  http://josefsson.org/gnutls4win/mingw32-gss_1.0.0-1_all.deb

Here are the build reports for various platforms:
  http://autobuild.josefsson.org/shishi/

Daily builds of the package are available from:
  http://daily.josefsson.org/gss/

The software is cryptographically signed by the author using an
OpenPGP key identified by the following information:

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      Key fingerprint = 0424 D4EE 81A0 E3D1 19C6  F835 EDA2 1E94 B565 716F
uid                  Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
uid                  Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
sub   1280R/4D5D40AE 2002-05-05 [expires: 2011-03-30]

The key is available from:
  http://josefsson.org/key.txt
  dns:b565716f.josefsson.org?TYPE=CERT

Here are the SHA-1 and SHA-224 checksums:

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Happy hacking,
Simon

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