September October through December 2009
In the 2nd Quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Kerberos Consortium achieved a number of its goals set earlier in the year. The majority of features the Release 1.8 achieved Alpha or Beta status during that quarter, and they continue to undergo testing in preparation for Final Release 1.8 in the 3rd Quarter of the fiscal year. These features include cryptographic modularity (for FIPS-140 compliance for the Government sector), PKINIT feature for improved security of Kerberos infrastructure setup, test-driven development capabilities for better code quality and the automatic lockout feature for reducing dictionary attacks to Kerberos installations.
In October 2009 the Consortium held its Kerberos Conference at MIT, as part of its broad outreach efforts and requirements gathering process from the world-wide Kerberos community. Two notable keynotes were delivered by Phil Venables (Chief Security Officer, Goldman-Sachs) and Kim Cameron (Microsoft Chief Identity Architect). Attendance reached over 70 people for the 2-day event. In addition, during the same week the Kerberos Consortium also held its quarterly Board Of Directors meeting at MIT.
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