About this episode

This episode explores the Kerberos authentication protocol and its significance in Windows environments.

Today we’re going to learn about the care and feeding of a three-headed dog named Kerberos. Developed at MIT and released in 1989, Kerberos is a free, open source authentication protocol that uses cryptographic keys to protect identity data as it crosses a network. Today, Kerberos is the backbone of Windows authentication. We’ll dive into ... Read more »

Topics covered

• authentication
• Kerberos
• Windows environments
• cryptography
• network security

Keywords

• Kerberos
• authentication
• Windows
• cryptographic keys
• network security
• MIT
• open source

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT

Products: Kerberos

Places: Windows

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