Kerberos is a network authentication protocol developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that provides strong authentication between client and server using cryptography in an open unprotected network. Key Aspects of Kerberos Architecture Key Distribution Center (KDC) is the core component of Kerberos which acts as the 3rd Party Authentication providing Central Authentication to the domain (realm)…
Category: Authentication
Authentication
Authentication is the process of validating and verifying the identity of a user or system trying to access a system or service before granting access. Authentication comes after the Identification process. Authentication can be done with the following ways What you know is where a user is authenticated with what they know like passwords, passphrase,…
Identification
Identification is the process of identifying a person or system in a realm (domain, organization, enterprise). The identification is the initial process before authenticating. Every user and system in a realm should have a unique identification, so that they can be authenticated & authorized for granting access and accounted for their actions.