Introduction to the Kerberos Products and GSS-API

HP Kerberos Server

HP Kerberos Server

Kerberos Server ensures secure communication in a networked environment by leveraging individual trust relationships. It then brokers that trust across enterprise wide, distributed client-server networks.

Table 2-7 lists the various versions of Kerberos Server available for different HP-UX operating systems.

Table 2-7

Versions of Kerberos Server on HP-UX Operating Systems

 

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Server

HP-UX OS Version

 

 

Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Server v 2.1

HP-UX 11.0 and HP-UX

 

 

 

11i v1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Server v3.1

HP-UX 11i v2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Server v3.12

HP-UX 11i v3

 

 

 

 

 

Kerberos Server Version 3.12 Features

This version of the Kerberos Server offers the following features on

HP-UX 11i v3:

“Graphical User Interface (GUI) Based Administration tool” on page 65

“Multithreaded Server” on page 65

“High Availability” on page 65

“Dynamic Propagation” on page 66

“Scalability” on page 66

“Windows 2000(R) Interoperability” on page 66

“Choice of C-Tree or LDAP Database” on page 67

“Auto-Configuration Tool” on page 67

This version of the Kerberos server integrates with the existing Kerberos clients on HP-UX 11i, thus providing the end user a full fledged security solution.

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