Book details of 'Kerberos: A Network Authentication System'

Title	Kerberos: A Network Authentication System
Author(s)	Brian Tung
ISBN	0201379244
Language	English
Publisher	Addison-Wesley Pub Co

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Part one is a user guide to the Kerberos security tool, user being defined as both end user and administrator. Chapter one presents a rather weak justification for Kerberos (based on the insecurity of email) and some quick contact information for obtaining it. End user operations for Kerberos are described, but not always clearly, and some questions are left open. (Does the user have any control over ticket expiry times?) The administrative functions, in chapter three, are weak in regard to installation, but reasonable in terms of maintenance operations. Chapter four contains quick listings of the Kerberos API (Application Programming Interface) calls, for those who want to build Kerberized programs. Part two provides some background. Chapter five is a good tutorial on the concepts: if you are having trouble with chapters two and three, a review of five will probably help a lot. Differences in versions of Kerberos are listed in chapter six. A look at various related issues in chapter seven includes a very decent discussion of public key encryption. For quick coverage of Kerberos, this makes a neat and handy package. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1999
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