IAKERB Starter Credentials Solution

Greg Hudson ghudson at mit.edu
Sun Apr 27 01:48:30 EDT 2025


On 4/26/25 10:39, Michael B Allen wrote:
> Another method would be to modify kinit to optionally authenticate with an
> IAKERB-aware service and cache the resulting TGT in the usual way.
> 
> More specifically, add an option to krb5.conf like:
> 
>    [libdefaults]
>        iakerb_idp = https://idp1.mega.corp/do/iakerb

If the goal is simply to tunnel an AS/TGS exchange over https using a 
web server set up for that purpose, I think MS-KKDCP is a more natural 
fit than IAKERB.  See:

     https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-latest/doc/admin/https.html
     https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-kkdcp/


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