Kerberos

term

securitynetworking

The ticket-based network authentication protocol behind enterprise silent sign-on: a Key Distribution Center issues time-limited tickets that services can verify offline, so passwords travel once at login and never again.

In Active Directory environments Kerberos is the default authentication fabric, and web SSO products ride it through SPNEGO for prompt-free desktop login.

Also known as: Kerberos v5

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