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| -rw-r--r-- | sites/www/changelog.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sites/www/installing.rst | 28 |
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diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst index a42cfb3d..3be56890 100644 --- a/sites/www/changelog.rst +++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Changelog ========= * :feature:`250` (also :issue:`267`) Add GSS-API / SSPI (e.g. Kerberos) key - exchange and authentication support. Mega thanks to Sebastian Deiß, with - assist by Torsten Landschoff. + exchange and authentication support (:ref:`installation docs here <gssapi>`). + Mega thanks to Sebastian Deiß, with assist by Torsten Landschoff. * :bug:`346 major` Fix an issue in private key files' encryption salts that could cause tracebacks and file corruption if keys were re-encrypted. Credit to Xavier Nunn. diff --git a/sites/www/installing.rst b/sites/www/installing.rst index 052825c4..5528b28a 100644 --- a/sites/www/installing.rst +++ b/sites/www/installing.rst @@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ We currently support **Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3+** (Python **3.2** should also work but has a less-strong compatibility guarantee from us.) Users on Python 2.5 or older are urged to upgrade. -Paramiko has two dependencies: the pure-Python ECDSA module ``ecdsa``, and the +Paramiko has two hard dependencies: the pure-Python ECDSA module ``ecdsa``, and the PyCrypto C extension. ``ecdsa`` is easily installable from wherever you obtained Paramiko's package; PyCrypto may require more work. Read on for details. +If you need GSS-API / SSPI support, see :ref:`the below subsection on it +<gssapi>` for details on additional dependencies. + .. _release-lines: Release lines @@ -99,3 +102,26 @@ installation of Paramiko via ``pypm``:: Installing paramiko-1.7.8 Installing pycrypto-2.4 C:\> + + +.. _gssapi: + +Optional dependencies for GSS-API / SSPI / Kerberos +=================================================== + +In order to use Kerberos & related functionality, a couple of additional +dependencies are required (these are not listed in our ``setup.py`` due to +their infrequent utility & non-platform-agnostic requirements): + +* **All platforms** need `pyasn1 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyasn1>`_ + ``0.1.7`` or better. +* **Unix** needs `python-gssapi <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gssapi/>`_ + ``0.6.1`` or better. +* **Windows** needs `pywin32 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywin32>`_ ``2.1.8`` + or better. + +.. note:: + If you use Microsoft SSPI for kerberos authentication and credential + delegation, make sure that the target host is trusted for delegation in the + active directory configuration. For details see: + http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738491%28v=ws.10%29.aspx |