From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jul 27 12:23:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DF737B7B5 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:23:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id MAA26522; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:21:57 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda26520; Thu Jul 27 12:21:52 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id MAA98491; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:21:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdY98489; Thu Jul 27 12:21:50 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.10.2/8.9.1) id e6RJLm344639; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007271921.e6RJLm344639@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdf44524; Thu Jul 27 12:20:49 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: Damien Tougas Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kerberos and DHCP In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:41:01 EDT." <20000727144100.A30282@tougas.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:20:48 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <20000727144100.A30282@tougas.net>, Damien Tougas writes: > Hello, > > I don't know alot about kerberos, and was wondering if someone could > answer a question for me. It is my understanding that kerberos depends > on a host key for autentication, and that the host key is tied to the > hostname of the client. If that is the case, how is it possible to use > kerberos with a client computer that connects via dhcp? Kerberos does not require a host key for client systems. DHCP and KRB5 clients work nicely together. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message