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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-07-06 20:20:44 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-07-07 20:20:22 +0200
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nss: Remove cryptographic key support from nss_files, nss_nis, nss_nisplus
The interface has hard-coded buffer sizes and is therefore tied to DES. It also does not match current practice where different services on the same host use different key material. This change simplifies removal of the sunrpc code.
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@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
or contents might be overwritten on subsequent calls in the same thread or
if the thread is terminated. It makes strerror MT-safe.
+* The "files", "nis" and "nisplus" NSS modules no longer supports the
+ "key" database (used for secure RPC). The contents of the
+ /etc/publickey file will be ignored, regardless of the settings in
+ /etc/nsswitch.conf. (This method of storing RPC keys only supported
+ the obsolete and insecure AUTH_DES flavor of secure RPC.)
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer. This is required for supporting