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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:09:29 +1000
From:      Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kerberos keytab
Message-ID:  <1226354969.1220.83.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200811101417.54805.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 14:17 +0100, Mel wrote:
> On Monday 10 November 2008 13:53:41 Da Rock wrote:
> 
> 
> > Check the kerberos site for further, more accurate info, and run a
> > google search for browser kerberos auth with apache. You do need the
> > right module for apache to achieve this though- mod_auth_kerb. Some only
> > offer a link between apache and kdc with base64 encryption.
> 
> Non-related to the OP's problem, but base64 is a transport encoding and not 
> encryption. It is used as 7-bit transport for 8bit (or more) data, like 
> attachments (email) and form uploads (web).
> 

Good to know the difference, but that still seems very poor against the
kerberos security available. Good to know that the newer browsers are
addressing this issue...




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