On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:40:59 -0700 vinayak_hegde@softhome.net wrote:
Microsoft added its own proprietary authorization data-the list of Security IDs (SIDs) that are associated with an authenticated user within each ticket-to tickets within its
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This is something MS has been doing for years. It even has a fancy term: "Embrace and Extend".
the details of the extensions means that mixed Kerberos domains must use a Windows 2000 DC, instead of a Unix KDC that an
Right. One of the major reasons why businesses are considering switching away from MS platform is that it lacks interoperability.
that M$/ propriety vendors can use open source to their advantage by developing their extensions and use open source code in their applications. GPL (copylefting) takes care of this by requiring extensions/modifiactions to be turned back into the community. Open source has none of this"restrictions" (the programmer himself has chosen to use open source code so,
There's a difference between open source and open standards. Kerberos is a standard and it doesn't have any source code. All it comprises of are specifications. A particular *implementation* of Kerberos may be open source or closed source.
There seems to be a little misunderstanding about Free Software and Open Source in your statements. GPL'ed software is also Open Source. Please check: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
IMHO, there should be a parallel of Free Software in standards also, wherein, it is required that anyone who extends a standard and uses it to communicate with 3rd parties must publish the full specification of the extensions.