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Re: Bug#629276: NFS needs same dispensation to use DES as AFS



Brian,

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 11:07:50AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Would be willing to accept a new version of Heimdal in a point release
> of Debian?

sorry for taking so much time for coming back to you.

> > Without this patch, the KDC rejects AS requests that specify DES enctypes
> > with "krb5_crypto_init failed: encryption type (1|2|3) not supported"
> > (illustrating another oddity, namely that krb5_crypto_init() uses the
> > same error message whether the enctype is unknown or known but disabled;
> > krb5_enctype_valid() has two distinct error messages) and TGS requests
> > result in "Server (nfs/f.q.d.n) has no support for etypes" (also in the
> > KDC's log). The client did have [libdefaults]allow_weak_crypto=true, as
> > shown by the fact that the AS and TGS requests asked for a DES enctype.

And it's only possible to reactivate that enctype by patching the KDC?
I would've assumed that it's just a configuration matter on the KDC
side.  (Like it's the case with MIT Kerberos where you have to adjust
"supported_enctypes".)

Kind regards
Philipp Kern 

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