Uses of kerberos?

[Klingon]

But as I understand it is not standard on any of these operating systems.
Lets say if I install win xp on my pc I wont have kerberos on it? If I want
kerberos I need to install it appart from windows? Is this correct?



"Jonathan Wackley" <jwackley at legato.com> wrote in message
news:3CC70369.B1E45088 at legato.com...
> Klingon wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am very new to the kerberos subject. I was wondering where it is used.
Is
> > it used in any of our standard windows operating systems like
> > 95,98,nt,me,2000,mx,xp? Or is it maby standard in any linux platforms
> > (which?)? If this isn't. Which people or organizations are glad to use
it
> > for all safety kinds (maybe nasa?,..... I really don't know actually)?
> >
> > This are a lot of questions at once, but can someone please explain me
some.
> >
> > Thx
> >
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> I started with kerberos in January.  The system as I understand it works
on
> most flavours of Windows, unix (including Linux) and Macintosh.  The intro
page
> for KfW (Kerberos for Windows) is located at;
>
> http://web.mit.edu/is/help/kfw/
>
> For an introduction into kerberos in general can be found at;
>
> http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
>
> In a nutshell, Kerberos is used as a replacement for standard
authentication.
> The standard authentication mechanisms generally suffer from defects that
can
> be exploited (Read: Hacked) to gain unauthorized access to an otherwise
secure
> system.  Simply, it is a mechanism to have stronger security on machines
where
> the old password related programs are not enough.
>
> jonw
>
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