Reuse of GSSAPI Tokens

Jiva DeVoe jiva at devoesquared.com
Thu Jul 21 15:35:36 EDT 2005


Yes, I agree, and I realize this now... thanks for the clarification...

On Jul 21, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Matt Crawford wrote:

>
> On Jul 21, 2005, at 14:24, Jiva DeVoe wrote:
>
>
>> It's just if I wanted to do init/accept/accept/accept that I can't  
>> do it.
>>
>
> Think about it.
>
> If you, the client, can use a given GSS token again, then I, the  
> eavesdropper, can do the same.
>
> I think you don't want that.
>
>
>> C creates a token using *_init_* and gives it to A to access a  
>> resource.
>>
>
> It may take several client/server exchanges to establish a  
> context.  What you seek is "credential delegation."
>
>

--
Jiva DeVoe
http://www.devoesquared.com
PowerCard - Intuitive Project Management Software for Mac OS X



More information about the krbdev mailing list