HP UX Kerberos Data Security Software manual Authentication Process

Overview

Authentication Process

Authentication Process

The Kerberos server grants tickets to your user principal to access secured network services. You must log on to the server by providing your user name and password. When the server authenticates you, it returns a set of initial credentials for you, including a TGT and a session key.

The Kerberos server grants a service ticket for a specific service principal that can be associated with one or more Kerberos-secured services on the same system. A client application uses your service ticket to authenticate you to a Kerberos-secured network service. The secured client application automatically handles the transactions with the server and the secured application server. Service tickets and associated session keys are generally cached in your user credentials cache along with the TGT of the user.

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