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+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  README for krb5mech
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+krb5mech is a client authentication mechanism for the support of Kerberos 5
+authentication. The mechanism leverages the services of the native Kerberos 5
+client to obtain Kerberos Tokens that can be used for authenticating an entity
+to a Kerberos service.
+
+
+SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
+
+The tokens that krb5mech generates are only utilized to authenticate the client
+entity to the Kerberos service, because of this, auth_token relies on SSL for
+server authentication. auth_token does not leverage the capabilities of GSSAPI
+for data privacy and data integrity purposes.
+ 
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diff --git a/auth_token/client/mechanisms/krb5/TODO b/auth_token/client/mechanisms/krb5/TODO
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+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  TODO for krb5mech
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************/
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+This file contains a list of the items still outstanding for krb5mech.
+
+OUTSTANDING ITEMS
+
+- Implementation of Linux specific code.
+