Difference between revisions of "Release 1.9"

Revision as of 23:01, 17 May 2010

This is the preliminary proposed goal set for the krb5-1.9 release. Please provide comments on the krbdev list. This page organizes the goals by the "guiding principles" listed in the roadmap.

Timeline

This is only an approximate timeline.

• 2010-09-01 -- make release branch
• 2010-12-01 -- final release

Code quality

• Python-based test framework
• KDC refactoring
• DAL cleanup

Developer experience

• NSS crypto back end?
• plugin framework evolution
• Naming extensions back end for exposing constrained delegation chain

Performance

• account lockout performance improvements

End-user experience

Administrator experience

• Trace logging
• Plugins for password sync
• Plugins for password quality checks
• OTP (only old SAM SecurID planned for now)

Protocol evolution

• IAKERB
• Camellia encryption