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Date:      Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:04:08 GMT
From:      "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net>
To:        "Stephen D. Spencer" <bsd-sec@boneyard.lawrence.ks.us>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Centralized authentication
Message-ID:  <20020408180408.9179.qmail@d188h80.mcb.uconn.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3CB18F66.1060304@boneyard.lawrence.ks.us> 
References:  <874riov1et.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com> <002401c1ddf7$557e84a0$13ed7ad1@unstable.org> <20020406220150.C2867@rain.macguire.net> <3CB18F66.1060304@boneyard.lawrence.ks.us>

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the kerberos implementation by MS is completely backwards compatible with 
MIT-kerberos. This has been true for the past few years actually (and from 
personal experience) 

Stephen D. Spencer writes: 

> Benjamin Krueger wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> I'd highly suggest the oft-little understood but incredibly deserving
>> Kerberos. I truly believe that if it were better documented and 
>> understood by
>> the masses of administrators out there, it would blow away current 
>> network
>> authentication systems. Heck, Microsoft used it to totally revitalize 
>> their
>> network authentication scheme to enormous benefit. Sadly, they then broke 
>> it
>> for anyone who isn't them. 
>> 
> 
> Though this is not from personal experience, I believe that K5 has been 
> 'adjusted' to cohabitate correctly with the M$ implementation. 
> 
> -Stephen 
> 
> 
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Peter C. Lai
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Residential Life | Programmer
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology | Undergraduate Research Assistant
http://cowbert.2y.net/ 


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