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From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Request for Beta Testers: Internet Kermit Service for Windows
Date: 21 Apr 2000 17:47:32 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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The Kermit Project would like to announce the start of a public
testing period for a new (to be free) Internet Kermit Service for
Microsoft Operating Systems (Windows 95/98/NT4/2000).

An Internet Kermit Service <http://www.kermit-project.org/cuiksd.html>
provides both anonymous and authenticated access to file systems
of a host onto which it is installed.  The IKS is an alternative
to FTP that provides all of the advantages of the Kermit file transfer
protocol and the Kermit Script programming language; works across
multiple firewalls; Network Address Translators; and multiple
transports (e.g. dialup terminal server to IP; or LAT to IP;
or NetBEUI to IP; or IPX to IP; ...)

The IKS for Windows can be used with or without Kermit 95 installed
on the machine.  The IKS can be used with any Telnet client that
supports Kermit file transfer protocol.

End user authentication may be performed in one of the following
methods:

 . username (domain/user) and password prompts

   The user is authenticated against the local machine (if no domain
   is specified) using LogonUser() or the NTLM SSPI.  When TLS is
   supported by the client and server, the username and password
   will be transmitted over a secure connection.

   Anonymous access is provided using the "GUEST" account on the
   local machine.

 . Kerberos 4 or Kerberos 5

   When MIT Kerberos for Microsoft Operating Systems is installed
   with appropriate keytabs for the local machine, end users can
   authenticate to the IKS using Kerberos 4 or Kerberos 5.  It is
   currently required that the Kerberos principal name match the
   name of the end user on the local machine or in the default Domain.
   No principal to userid translation functions are currently
   supported.

 . Secure Remote Password

   If TPASSWD and TPASSWD.CONF files are available on the local
   machine, the users listed in the TPASSWD file may authenticate
   to the IKS using the assigned SRP password.  It is currently
   required that the SRP userid match the name of the end user on
   the local machine or in the default Domain.  No SRP userid to
   Windows userid translation functions are currently supported.

 . X.509 client certificates

   Functions are provided to allow for the verification of X.509
   client certificates and for customized mappings from a certificate
   to a userid using a DLL provided by the host administrator.

 . NTLM

   If both the client is running on a Windows system and it
   supports the NTLM Telnet Authentication method, NTLM can be
   used to authenticate the end user to the IKS.

When used on Windows NT or Windows 2000, the IKS may be installed
as a Service which runs independent of the end user logged into the
machine.  Access to files and directories is controlled by the
privileges assigned to the account and the associated ACLs when the
file system is NTFS.

When the IKS is installed on Windows 95/98 or the file systems
are FAT16 or FAT32, the entire file system of the machine is accessible
to the logged in user since the operating system and/or file systems
do not support ACLs.

The following features are available only when used with a licensed
Kermit 95:

 . secure sessions using Transport Layer Security for privacy and
   data integrity (even with anonymous logins)

 . client authentication via X.509 end user certificates

 . encrypted sessions when Secure Remote Password, Kerberos 4, or
   Kerberos 5 are being used for end user authentication

 . Xmodem, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, and Zmodem file transfer protocols

We are looking for testers on Windows 95/98, NT, and 2000 regardless
of whether or not you are currently using Kermit 95.  If interested,
please send e-mail to

  mailto:[e-mail]

with the Subject

  "IKS Windows Tester"

Please specify:

 . the operating system on to which you will be installing the IKS

 . which telnet clients you will be using with the IKS

 . whether or not you own Kermit 95 and if you have the Encryption
   patch installed.



    Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
                 The Kermit Project * Columbia University
              612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
  http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * [e-mail]