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  Kerberos (protocol) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kerberos is a computer network authentication protocol which allows individuals communicating over an insecure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner.
Kerberos prevents eavesdropping or replay attacks, and ensures the integrity of the data.
Kerberos maintains a database of secret keys; each entity on the network — whether a client or a server — shares a secret key known only to itself and to Kerberos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerberos_(protocol)   (1312 words)

  
 Cerberus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (Greek Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
In Roman mythology, Aeneas lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.
In Finnish, a strict, angry doorman of a restaurant or nightclub (who is likely not to let you in for some reason) is sometimes jokingly called "Kerberos".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerberos_(mythology)   (878 words)

  
 Kerberos FAQ, v2.0 (last modified 8/18/2000)
Kerberos is freely available from MIT, under a copyright permission notice very similar to the one used for the BSD operating and X11 Windowing system.
Kerberos 5 uses ASN.1 and the DER to encode and decode all of the Kerberos protocol messages.
Kerberos principals can be disabled at will on the KDC and will then become unusable as soon as any cached tickets expire, on the order of hours, without any action by servers.
www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/kerberos-faq/general.html   (17545 words)

  
 Toggit Certification Home for MCSE CCNA A+ study guides and test prep
Kerberos is used to authenticate a user who is asking for permission to use a particular network service.
Kerberos can be used to control the initial connection to a server or to authenticate every single request between a client and the server.
Kerberos is named after the three-headed dog Cerberus, who guards the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
www.toggit.com /Library/pedia/techno.asp?Term=k&Techno=Letter   (1053 words)

  
 How The Kerberos Server Works
The term "Kerberos" was derived from Greek mythology.
The Kerberos security system, on the other hand, guards electronic transmissions that are sent across the network.
In return, the Kerberos server gives you an initial ticket, which you use to request for additional tickets from the Kerberos server for all the other services.
docs.hp.com /en/T1417-90003/ch01s02.html   (336 words)

  
 Kerberos V5 UNIX User's Guide - Kerberos Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the computing world, Kerberos is a network security package that was developed at MIT.
The typical format of a typical Kerberos principal is primary/instance@REALM.
A special Kerberos ticket that permits the client to obtain additional Kerberos tickets within the same Kerberos realm.
www.lns.cornell.edu /public/COMP/krb5/user-guide/user-guide_4.html   (272 words)

  
 Kerberos
In Greek mythology, Kerberos, also called Cerberus, is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades.
Kerberos is also a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure networks (the Internet for example), based on the key distribution model of Needham and Schroeder[?].
Kerberos is freely available from MIT, under copyright permissions similar those used for BSD.
www.fastload.org /ke/Kerberos.html   (208 words)

  
 Greek Mythology: CERBERUS / KERBEROS Hound of Hades, Hound of Hell w/ Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
KERBEROS was the fierce watchdog which guarded the house of Haides.
He found Kerberos at the gates of Akheron, and there, pressed inside his armour and totally covered by the lion's skin, he threw his arms round its head and hung on, despite bites from the serpent-tail, until he convinced the beast with his choke-hold.
"As a twelfth labour Herakles was to fetch Kerberos from Haides' realm.
www.theoi.com /Ther/KuonKerberos.html   (2692 words)

  
 Cerberus
In Greek mythology, the three-headed watchdog who guards the entrance to the lower world, the Hades.
Only a few ever managed to sneak past the creature, among which Orpheus, who lulled it to sleep by playing his lyre, and Heracles, who brought it to the land of the living for a while (being the last of his Twelve Labors).
In Roman mythology, the Trojan prince Aeneas and Psyche were able to pacify it with honey cake.
www.pantheon.org /articles/c/cerberus.html   (160 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions about Kerberos
After a client and server has used Kerberos to prove their identity, they can also encrypt all of their communications to assure privacy and data integrity as they go about their business.
Kerberos 4 has already been exported, and is available to people outside of the United States.
User-to-user authentication is a special Kerberos application protocol, that allows users to host secure application services on their desktop machines.
www.icc3.com /ec/security/kerberos/security991.htm   (15294 words)

  
 Cerberus. Who is Cerberus? What is Cerberus? Where is Cerberus? Definition of Cerberus. Meaning of Cerberus.
In Greek mythology, Kerberos ("demon of the pit"), often called by the Latinized name Cerberus, was the hound of Hades --- a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have fifty or one-hundred heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
Orpheus used his musical skills to lull Cerberus to sleep.
In Roman mythology, Psyche also lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Cerberus   (258 words)

  
 What is Kerberos?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In Greek and Roman mythology, Kerberos (aka Cerebus) "demon of the pit", is a three-headed hound who guards the gates of the underworld, Hades, to keep the living from entering and the dead from leaving.
In Roman mythology, the Trojan prince Aeneas and Psyche were able to pacify him with honey cake.
On the Internet, Kerberos is one of a number of security servers that guard access to network resources.
www.nyominx.com /kerby/kerberos.shtml   (206 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions about Kerberos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
"Cerberus" is the Latin spelling of the Greek "Kerberos", and according to the OED is pronounced like "serberus", but that is quite at odds with the Greek, as the initial consonant is a "k".
In Kerberos 4, authenticators are valid for 5 minutes.
In the Kerberos V5 distribution, I believe there is a s simple-server/simple-client pair that demonstrates the code skeleton needed to implemented per-connection authentication.
www.cmf.nrl.navy.mil /CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html   (16482 words)

  
 Greek Mythology: ENCYCLOPEDIA A-C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cerberus (Kerberos) The many-headed, serpent maned hound that guarded the gates of Hades.
One of Heracles labours was to fetch him from the underworld.
Most of the monsters of mythology were descended from her.
www.theoi.com /BC.htm   (2635 words)

  
 Information Sciences Institute - Grid Lock: USC Supercomputer is Testbed for New Authentication Middleware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Named after the three-headed dog who guarded Hades in Greek mythology, Kerberos was originally developed at M.I.T. by a team that included B. Clifford Neuman, who is now at ISI.
To use KX.509, the user should be on a system in an existing Kerberos realm and have a Kerberos login for that domain.
In other words, Kerberos client software should already be installed, allowing KX.509 to generate a Grid certificate and private key based on the user's Kerberos credentials.
www.isi.edu /stories/39.html   (959 words)

  
 dacs.doc electric: Kerberos
In Greek mythology, Kerberos was the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades.
Some of you who know Greek mythology may remember that the dog who guarded the entrance was called Cerberus, not Kerberos.
Cerberus is the Latin spelling of the Greek Kerberos.
www.dacs.org /archive/0009/feature1.htm   (631 words)

  
 Greek Mythology : Kerberos (Cerberus) the Dog of Hell
Hercules and the Kerberos (or Cerberus, the offspring of Typhon and Echidna).
A voice spoken in the Egyptian pyramids is so broken, that it gives four or five echoes.
The god Pluto with the Kerberos dog (and the Planet Pluto)
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Gods/Kerberos.html   (337 words)

  
 Myths and Myth-Makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske
mythology as a persecuted saint, attended by a troop of eleven
In German mythology, England is the Phaiakian land of clouds
mythology has been shown to be the result of primeval attempts
emotional-literacy-education.com /classic-books-online-a/mythm10.htm   (15864 words)

  
 Cerberus - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Disambiguation: For the FPS monster Cerberus, see Cerberus (Blood)
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (from Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have fifty or one-hundred heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
In Greek mythology, Hermes puts him to sleep with water from the river Lethe.
www.free-definition.com /Kerberos-(mythology).html   (268 words)

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