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Kerberos is an authentication protocol that can provide secure network login or SSO for various services over a non-secure network. … Here we will cover how to setup a KDC and obtain a Kerberos ticket from a client system in CentOS Linux.
How do I start Kerberos service in Linux?
How to Install the Kerberos Authentication Service
- Install Kerberos KDC server and client. Download and install the krb5 server package. …
- Modify the /etc/krb5. conf file. …
- Modify the KDC. conf file. …
- Assign administrator privileges. …
- Create a principal. …
- Create the database. …
- Start the Kerberos Service.
Does SSH use Kerberos?
This is not ideal, as SSH-1 is deprecated for its known security weaknesses, but SSH-2 has no standard support for Kerberos yet. However, there is a proposal to add it via GSSAPI (Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface, RFC 1964).
