OpenAFS for Windows - outstanding projects report

Significant progress has been made on the OpenAFS for Windows client 
over the last six months but
there is still much which remains to be done.  The following is a list 
of known projects which need to be completed
for the OpenAFS for Windows client.  It is now clear that the vast 
majority of these items will not be
completed in time for a 1.4 release this summer.  I will attempt to 
complete as many of these items as
possible in the time that remains.

I encourage all organizations that wish to contribute to OpenAFS for 
Windows development to contact me. 
Financial contributions as well as in kind assistance are seriously 
appreciated.

Jeffrey Altman



   1. Convert from use of .INI files to appropriate places in the registry
   2. No longer use AFS Client Service "cell" as the default cell for 
individual users
   3. Re-write afsd_service.exe to perform synchronized thread startup 
and shutdown.  Currently there is no synchronization of thread creation 
which results in timing conflicts; and there is no attempt to cleanly 
shutdown the service which causes problems when restarting and prevents 
the implementation of a persistent cache
   4. Implement a persistent cache
   5. Prevent panic situation when the root.afs volume is not reachable
   6. Prevent panic situation when the IP address to which the SMB 
server is bound is removed from the local machine's network configuration
   7. Only use Local RPC mechanism unless Gateway mode is on
   8. Identify and fix the problems with running the RX library on 
Hyperthreaded systems
   9. Add support for Named Pipes within the afs filesystem
  10. Add support for Windows XP2 - dynamically open/close ports in the 
firewall
  11. Add support for r/w mounts in the Freelance fake root.afs volume.
  12. Re-write afscreds.exe to support:
         1. choosing between Kerberos 5 and Kerberos 4 on a per 
principal basis
         2. providing users with the ability to map multiple cells to a 
single principal
         3. providing change password functionality on a per principal basis
         4. no longer include drive mapping
         5. configuration of afscreds startup options in shortcut
  13. Re-write afs_config.exe to be only "per user" functionality which 
does not require admin privileges
         1. default cell and principal for the user
         2. drive mappings
         3. visibility of afs creds and setting of afs creds startup options
  14. Create new afs_admin.exe tool to be installed in the administrator 
folder (or use MMS) which contains
         1. afs client service cell name
         2. integrated logon configuration
         3. Gateway configuration
         4. start/stop service
         5. global drive mapping
         6. submount management
         7. file/volume server preferences
         8. afs cells
         9. cache configuration
        10. diagnostics
        11. network configuration
        12. miscellaneous
        13. need to add support for all of the new registry values since 
1.2.8
  15. Identify why 16-bit DOS applications executed out of AFS fail
  16. Create new Windows Security Group to which users can be added for 
them to become AFS Client Administrators
  17. Add support for configurable Icon file representing AFS folders 
within the Explorer Shell
  18. Documentation Documentation Documentation
  19. Large File support (> 2GB)
  20. Integrate KFW installation into the NSIS installer
  21. Fix High Security mode (prevents SMB shares from being shared by 
more than one session)