Release Digest: GNU, November 30, 2003

GNU Generic Security Service Library 0.0.7 alpha

GSS is an implementation of the Generic Security Service
Application Program Interface (GSS-API). GSS-API is used by network
servers to provide security services, e.g., to authenticate
SMTP/IMAP clients against SMTP/IMAP servers. GSS consists of a
library and a manual.

GSS is developed for the GNU/Linux system, but runs on over 20
platforms including most major Unix platforms and Windows, and many
kind of devices including iPAQ handhelds and S/390 mainframes.

GSS is a GNU project, and is licensed under the GNU General
Public License.

The project page of the library is available at: http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/

Here are the compressed sources:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-0.0.7.tar.gz
(912KB)
http://josefsson.org/gss/releases/gss-0.0.7.tar.gz
(912KB)

Here are GPG detached signatures using key 0xB565716F: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gss/gss-0.0.7.tar.gz.sig

http://josefsson.org/gss/releases/gss-0.0.7.tar.gz.asc

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

Here are the MD5 checksums:

209807c8ffabc422666addd48e945166 gss-0.0.7.tar.gz
187853f30eca3ae92117eb464635b7f6 gss-0.0.7.tar.gz.sig

Noteworthy changes (of all previous versions, because they
haven’t been announced here earlier):

• Changes in 0.0.7 (released 2003-11-26)
  • Fixed typo that broke gss_wrap for 3DES with Kerberos 5.
  • Improvements to build environment. The gss.h header file no
    longer include gss/krb5.h when the Kerberos 5 mechanism is
    disabled.
  • Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.8 beta, Libtool CVS used.
• Changes in 0.0.6 (released 2003-09-22)
  • Update for Shishi 0.0.7 API.
• Changes in 0.0.5 (released 2003-08-31)
  • Kerberos 5: Subkeys are supported. Shishi 0.0.4 required.
  • Bug fixes.
• Changes in 0.0.4 (released 2003-08-10)
  • GSS is a GNU project.
  • Kerberos 5 crypto fixes. This release accompany Shishi
    0.0.1.
• Changes in 0.0.3 (released 2003-07-02)
  • Includes compatibility functionality from gnulib in gl/.
  • Documentation improvements. The file README-alpha contains some
    hints for binary packagers. Essentially, don’t distribute shared
    libraries, as this package is too immature to bump the shared
    object version for every modification currently.
  • Bugfixes and cleanups.
• Changes in 0.0.2 (released 2003-06-28)
  • Server mode works (a little). GNU MailUtils can use GSS for its
    native GSSAPI authentication in server mode, which then
    interoperate with (at least) the GNU SASL command line client using
    GSS.
  • Memory allocated via xalloc from gnulib. This takes care of out
    of memory errors, see the new section in the manual named “Out of
    Memory handling”.
• Changes in 0.0.1 (released 2003-06-12)
  • Error handling.
  • Swedish translation.
  • Improved manual.
  • Bug fixes.
• Changes in 0.0.0 (released 2003-06-02)
  • Initial release. The source code framework is in place, an
    outline of the documentation is ready, and there are some simple
    self tests. The Kerberos 5 mechanism (RFC 1964)
    supports mutual authentication and the standard DES cipher. The
    non-standard 3DES cipher is also implemented, but unfortunately
    there are no specifications for AES. GNU SASL can use this version
    to connect to GNU Mailutils and Cyrus IMAP servers that use the GSS
    implementations from MIT Kerberos or Heimdal. Server mode is not
    supported yet.

3DLDF

3DLDF is a new GNU package for three-dimensional drawing with
MetaPost output. It is written in C++ using CWEB and includes the
_3DLDF User and Reference Manual_ written using Texinfo, and
documented program code in book form (_3DLDF: The Program_), which
was created using cweave.

3DLDF is intended, among other things, to provide a convenient
way of creating 3D graphics for inclusion in TeX files.

3DLDF 1.1.2 (the current version) is currently available for
downloading from:
http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~lfinsto1

The _3DLDF User and Reference Manual_ and _3DLDF: The Program_
are downloadable separately.

3DLDF will be made available at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/3DLDF as
soon as possible.
The official 3DLDF website will be http://www.gnu.org/software/3DLDF
but it hasn’t been set up yet.

The following mailing lists should be made available soon:

info-3DLDF@gnu.org For
announcements.
help-3DLDF@gnu.org For
users to help one another
bug-3DLDF@gnu.org For bug
reports.

Until they are available, please contact the author (see
below).

3DLDF does not currently include an input routine, so that user
code must be written in C++, compiled, and linked with the rest of
the program. The files README and INSTALL, and the _3DLDF User and
Reference Manual_ contain detailed instructions for doing this.

Laurence Finston is the maintainer and, so far, the only
developer of 3DLDF. He can be contacted at:
lfinsto1@gwdg.de