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authorTom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu>2010-02-25 20:09:45 +0000
committerTom Yu <tlyu@mit.edu>2010-02-25 20:09:45 +0000
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doc updates for allow_weak_crypto
Update documentation to be more helpful about allow_weak_crypto. ticket: 6669 target_version: 1.8 tags: pullup git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@23750 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970
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@@ -456,8 +456,11 @@ key encryption. The default value for this tag is
@itemx allow_weak_crypto
If this is set to 0 (for false), then weak encryption types will be
filtered out of the previous three lists (as noted in @ref{Supported
-Encryption Types}). The default value for this tag is true, but that
-default may change in the future.
+Encryption Types}). The default value for this tag is false, which
+may cause authentication failures in existing Kerberos infrastructures
+that do not support strong crypto. Users in affected environments
+should set this tag to true until their infrastructure adopts stronger
+ciphers.
@itemx clockskew
Sets the maximum allowable amount of clockskew in seconds that the