hmm. Is your other server participating in the kerberos? If so then issuing tickets should not be an issue. See: http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/ http://bofriis.dk/spnego/spnego_jaasclient.html or more info @ http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/index.php?action=viewtopic&id=133 saqib http://www.full-disk-encryption.net