Kerberos vs. LDAP for authentication -- any opinions?

[Garrett Wollman]

In article <86y8rqpasv.fsf at number6.magda.ca>,
David Magda  <dmagda+trace040127 at ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:

>And what prevents a Kerberos server from being compromised? Any
>system can have a root-kit installed on it.

The fact that nobody has access to it (assuming it was competently
installed).

-GAWollman

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