Release 1.12

Timeline

This is only an approximate timeline. Dates are subject to change.

• Oct. 2013 -- make release branch
• Dec. 2013 -- final release

Code quality

• Additional KDC refactoring

Developer experience

• Projects/Local authentication pluggable interface
• Make progress toward Projects/Kernel-friendly_GSS_subset

End-user experience

• Reduce DNS-related difficulties with service principal names

Administrator experience

• Projects/Trust_KDC-local_name_resolution
• Projects/Policy refcount elimination
• Projects/OTPOverRADIUS

Performance

• AES-NI support for built-in crypto back end

Protocol evolution

• Ticket flag to signal KDC support for resolving aliases
• Authorization data -- conditional on IETF consensus
  • Authorization data container with multiple verifiers (CAMMAC)
  • POSIX directory info in authorization data (PAD)
  • Level of Assurance in authorization data
  • Site-defined string-keyed claims in authorization data
  • X.509 attributes in authorization data
• FAST preauth sets (e.g. OTP + long-term password)