Re: dns_lookup_kdc

Harald Barth <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.heimdal.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> So, it looks up _kerberos._udp.${REALM}, not _kerberos._udp.${DNS_SUFFIX}.

My impression is that first _kerberos.$DNS_SUFFIX is looked up and then that realm is used
to look up _kerberos._udp.$REALM, however one would need to read more to figure out what
was _intended_ and what the application _actually_does_. There is some built-in guessing
in some implementations as well like upcasing the DNS_SUFFIX and trying if that's a REALM.

> Too bad. I expected that the _kerberos._udp.${DNS_SUFFIX} would do the job.

Hm. Maybe I should turn on some debugging in my resolvers and look if someone asks
for _kerberos._udp.pdc.kth.se but that might be the case if someone wrongly types
kinit [email protected]. Sigh.

Sorry about first confusing your question to be about case.

Harald.
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