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Kerberos V5 is an authentication system developed at MIT. It is a network
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authentication protocol designed to provide strong authentication for
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client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography. (Kerberos
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5 is discussed in RFC 1510.)
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This package provides Kerberos and GSSAPI (Generic Security Services
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Application Programming Interface) development headers and libraries.
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2011-03-23 00:31:04 +01:00
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It also includes Kerberos ticket and principal tools.
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N.B. Kerberized r-services, telnet and ftp services are now found in
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the security/mit-krb5-appl package.
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