Kerberos
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... Kerberos ...
... networks. If requested by the
application, integrity and encryption can also be provided. Kerberos
was originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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... Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in the mid 1980s. There are two major releases of Kerberos,
version 4 and 5, which are for practical purposes, incompatible.
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... database using a key distribution
center (KDC) which is known as the Kerberos server. A user or
service (known as "principals ...
... time
stamp which limits the time period for which the ticket is valid.
Therefore, Kerberos clients and server must have a secure time
source, and be able to keep time accurately.
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The practical side of Kerberos is its integration with the
application level. Typical applications like FTP, telnet ...
... POP, and
NFS have been integrated with the Kerberos system. There are a
variety of implementations which have varying levels of integration.
Please see the Kerberos ...
... Kerberos system. There are a
variety of implementations which have varying levels of integration.
Please see the Kerberos FAQ available at http://www.ov.com/misc/krb-
faq.html for the latest information.
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... user access (or the non-UNIX
equivalent), ticket generation (for Kerberos, for example), and any
other change of access or status. It is especially important to note
"anonymous" or "guest" access to public servers.
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... S. Bellovin, and M. Merritt, "Limitations of the Kerberos Authentication System", Computer Communications Review, October 1990. ...