Basic question

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> " " ==   <Adam_Yavner at NAI.com> writes:

     > I would like to understand Kerberos authentication at a
     > fundamental level, and most of my research is turning up
     > examples that are way too complicated or way too simple...

     > Do you know of (or could jot down) a basic, packet-level
     > breakdown of the authentication process?

Why don't you just go look at the exchanges using a packet sniffer?
Ethereal has excellent support for the protocol.