Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to GSSAPI (Kerberos) instead of DIGEST-MD5 for SASL

2017-03-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/15/2017 01:25 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > RFC 6331 documents a number of serious security weaknesses in > the SASL DIGEST-MD5 mechanism. As such, QEMU should not be > using or recommending it as a default mechanism for VNC auth > with SASL. > > GSSAPI (Kerberos) is the only other viable

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to GSSAPI (Kerberos) instead of DIGEST-MD5 for SASL

2017-03-15 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
RFC 6331 documents a number of serious security weaknesses in the SASL DIGEST-MD5 mechanism. As such, QEMU should not be using or recommending it as a default mechanism for VNC auth with SASL. GSSAPI (Kerberos) is the only other viable SASL mechanism that can provide secure session encryption so e