Kerberos Authentication Explained

When first learning Kerberos, it can feel like you’re being chased by the three-headed dog. Not to fear, however, because today I’ll be explaining a high-level overview of Kerberos authentication. Kerberos was designed to provide secure authentication to services over a potentially insecure network. It is used by many organizations to implement single sign-on (SSO). Kerberos Terminology In order to understand the step-by-step explanation, it is important to have a basic understanding of the various components of Kerberos....

2022-05-25 · 3 min · Ally Petitt