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Centralized Authenitcation with Kerberos 5, Part I.


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Publication Date 2004
Personal Author Wachsmann, A.
Page Count 16
Abstract Account administration in a distributed Unix/Linux environment can become very complicated and messy if done by hand. Large sites use special tools to deal with this problem. I will describe how even very small installations like your three computer network at home can take advantage of the very same tools. The problem in a distributed environment is that password and shadow files need to be changed individually on each machine if an account change occurs. Account changes include: password change, addition/removal of accounts, name change of an account (UID/GID changes are a big problem in any case), additional or removed login privileges to a (group of) computer(s), etc. In this article, I will show how Kerberos 5 solves the authentication problem in a distributed computing environment. A second article will describe a solution for the authorization problem.
Keywords
  • Authentication
  • Management tools
  • Data transmission systems
  • Computer communications
  • Management planning and control
  • Data processing security
  • Security
  • K codes
  • Kerberos version 5
  • Account management
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200508
Centralized Authenitcation with Kerberos 5, Part I.
Centralized Authenitcation with Kerberos 5, Part I.
DE2004826992

  • Authentication
  • Management tools
  • Data transmission systems
  • Computer communications
  • Management planning and control
  • Data processing security
  • Security
  • K codes
  • Kerberos version 5
  • Account management
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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