FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!  Members: Sign in 
 May 17, 2008
 Free Newsletters  Most Popular Reports  Top Topics  Research Guides  RSS  About Us
Search Bitpipe: 
   Search Help
Standards  >  Network Protocols  >  Network Authentication Protocols  >  

Kerberos

-- 1 Vendor Report | 1 Product

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 lets a user request an encrypted "ticket" from an authentication process that can  … 
Definition continues below.
Recent Vendor Reports on Kerberos
A Singular Sensation: SSO and Regulatory Compliance on the iSeries
sponsored by PowerTech Group
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 24 Jul 2006 | Published: 24 Jul 2006
SUMMARY: Password-elimination single sign-on can simplify and improve functions related to identity and access management that are necessary for regulatory compliance on the iSeries.

View This Now
TOPICS:  Access Rights | Authentication | CobiT | IBM iSeries | Identity Management | Kerberos | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | SSO
 
KERBEROS DEFINITION (continued): …  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:

  1. Suppose you want to access a server on another computer (which you may get to by sending a Telnet or similar login request). You know that this server requires a Kerberos "ticket" before it will honor your request.
  2. To get your ticket, you first request authentication from … 
    Kerberos definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Partner with Us | Site Index
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines

Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other   TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media
TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |   Media Kits  |   Site Map




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2007, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Statement