Copyright (c) 2000 Jeff Horwitz (jeff@laserlink.net). All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Krb5 provides an object oriented interface to the most commonly used functions included in the Kerberos 5 API. It was developed and tested using Perl 5.005_03 and MIT Kerberos 5 version 1.0.5 and 1.1.1. Your comments and bug reports are welcome. Please send them to me at jeff@laserlink.net. REQUIREMENTS ------------ o Perl 5.004_04 or later (may work with 5.003). o Build, test and install MIT Kerberos 5 version 1.0.5 or later. BUILDING & INSTALLATION ----------------------- Krb5 is built and installed in the usual Perl module fashion: 1) edit Makefile.PL and change the variables in the top section according to your Kerberos 5 configuration. 2) perl Makefile.PL 3) make 4) make test (not implemented yet) 5) make install DOCUMENTATION ------------- 'make' should create man pages for Krb5 which will be installed upon a 'make install'. Perl POD documentation is supplied in Krb5.pm, which can be viewed by typing 'perldoc Krb5'. Take a look at the sample and simple clients and servers for some practical examples. NOTE: The documentation assumes familiarity with Kerberos 5 and Kerberos programming. Please see the Kerberos documentation for gory details. BUGS & PROBLEMS --------------- o The contents of a new Krb5::Address object needs to be converted to network byte order before being passed to Krb5::Address->new(). If this is not done, many functions like mk_priv and rd_priv will fail on little-endian platforms. I will try to make this automatic in a future version. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ---------------- Thanks to Doug MacEachern for handing off this module to me, although I'm sure he was glad to get it off his back! Valuable code contributions from Scott Hutton (shutton@indiana.edu).