Problems with Kerberos authentication over internet
Will Fiveash
will.fiveash at oracle.com
Thu Jan 2 22:33:43 EST 2014
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 02:31:27AM +0530, arpit.orb wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using Kerberos over internet by assigning a public IP to KDC. However, I have following doubts:
>
>1. Why is it that Kerberos is not deployed as preferred authentication mechanism over internet ? I understand that some reasons are vulnerability if KDC over port 88, address in tickets etc. But is there any other technical reason for which Kerberos should not be used over public network ?
Kerberos could be used over the Internet but whose going to admin that
KDC?
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Will Fiveash
Oracle Solaris Software Engineer
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