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-release/005.008 (unreleased)
+release/005.008 (2017-06-25)
 
     [ssh] Add $max_sessions options. [adamhl]
 
     [iptables] Ensure that port numbers are converted to strings inside
     the rules erb file to avoid Ruby errors. [adamhl]
 
+    [kerberos] Allow kerberos kinit port number override for the "custom"
+    version of krb5.conf. Needed for the non-production kerberos
+    environments that don't use port 88. [adamhl]
+
 release/005.007 (2017-06-22)
 
     [kerberos] Add option to completely override /etc/krb5.conf using