Re: [GNU Crypto] need help with GSS ?

[Casey Marshall]

On Sep 30, 2005, at 4:49 AM, Alan Moran wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I see that you might be looking for assistance with your GSS  
> implementation ? I have worked a lot with GSS in the past (Java JNI  
> wrapper on a proprietary C impl etc.) and could perhaps be able to  
> help out.  Can you give me an indication of what you wish to  
> achieve in this direction and some initial pointers (have got the  
> manual, Javadocs etc.).

Yes, we are always looking for volunteers, and a free Java GSS  
implementation is something we do need.

We are most interested in an implementation of Kerberos that is  
compatible with the version shipped with Sun's Java runtime, to help  
complete GNU's free Java offering. As such, something that can be  
used with GNU Classpath (http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath) or  
that could be included directly into Classpath would be best. My  
guess is that the easiest way to do that is to wrap a free C  
implementation (there are a few) with Java classes, but a pure Java  
implementation is always interesting, too.

If there's a more interesting protocol than Kerberos, I don't mind  
seeing that used instead.

A good place to get started is to take a look at Classpath and one of  
the free JVMs that use it (for simplicity, I'd suggest jamvm first:  
http://jamvm.sf.net/), and also Jessie, a free Java SSL  
implementation (http://jessie.nongnu.org/).