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<productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure |
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authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a |
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public network. A description of the |
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<productname>Kerberos</productname> system is far beyond the scope |
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of this document; in all generality it can be quite complex (yet |
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powerful). The <ulink |
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authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public |
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network. A description of the <productname>Kerberos</productname> system |
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is far beyond the scope of this document; in all generality it can be |
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quite complex (yet powerful). The <ulink |
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url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos |
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<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink |
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url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT Project Athena</ulink> can be |
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a good starting point for exploration. Several sources for |
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<productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist. |
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<acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT |
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Project Athena</ulink> can be a good starting point for exploration. |
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Several sources for <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist. |
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While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and |
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Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended. Kerberos 4 is |
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considered insecure and no longer recommended for general |
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use. |
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