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Kerberos
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DEFINITION: Kerberos is a secure method for authenticating a request for a service in a computer network. Kerberos was developed in the Athena Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The name is taken from Greek mythology; Kerberos was a three-headed dog who guarded the gates of Hades. Kerberos
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KERBEROS DEFINITION (continued): … lets a user request an encrypted "ticket" from an authentication process that can then be used to request a particular service from a server. The user's password does not have to pass through the network. A version of Kerberos (client and server) can be downloaded from MIT or you can buy a commercial version. Briefly and approximately, here's how Kerberos works: - Suppose you want to access a server on another computer (which you may get to by sending a Telnet …
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