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Chapter 27 Configuring Switch Access Using AAA Understanding How Authentication Works Table 27-1 Kerberos Terminology Term Kerberized Kerberos credential Kerberos identity Kerberos principal Kerberos realm Kerberos rerver Key distribution center (KDC) Service credential SRVTAB Ticket granting ticket (TGT) Definition Applications and services that have been modified to support the Kerberos credential infrastructure. General term referring to authentication tickets, such as ticket granting tickets and service credentials. Kerberos Credentials verify the ticket of a user or service. If a network service decides to trust the Kerberos server that issued the ticket, it can be used in place of retyping in a username and password. Credentials have a default life span of 8 hours. (See Kerberos principal.) Who you are or what a service is according to the Kerberos server. Also known as a Kerberos identity. A domain consisting of users, hosts, and network services that are registered to a Kerberos server. (The Kerberos server is trusted to verify the identity of a user or network service to another user or network service.) Kerberos realms must always be in uppercase characters. A daemon running on a network host. Users and network services register their identity with the Kerberos server. Network services query the Kerberos server to authenticate other network services. A Kerberos server and database program running on a network host that allocates the Kerberos credentials to different users or network services. A credential for a network service. When issued from the KDC, this credential is encrypted with the password shared by the network service and the KDC and with the user's TGT. A password that a network service shares with the KDC. The network service authenticates an encrypted service credential by using the SRVTAB (also known as a KEYTAB) to decrypt it. A credential that the KDC issues to authenticated users. When users receive a TGT, they can authenticate network services within the Kerberos realm represented by the KDC. Telnet clients and servers through both the console and in-band management port can be Kerberized. Note Kerberos authentication does not work if TACACS+ is used as the authentication mechanism. Note If you are logged in to the console through a modem or a terminal server, a Kerberized login procedure cannot be used. 78-12647-02 Software Configuration Guide-Catalyst 4000 Family, Catalyst 2948G, Catalyst 2980G, Releases 6.3 and 6.4 27-5

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Software Configuration Guide—Catalyst 4000 Family, Catalyst 2948G, Catalyst 2980G, Releases 6.3 and 6.4
78-12647-02
Chapter 27
Configuring Switch Access Using AAA
Understanding How Authentication Works
Telnet clients and servers through both the console and in-band management port can be Kerberized.
Note
Kerberos authentication does not work if TACACS+ is used as the authentication mechanism.
Note
If you are logged in to the console through a modem or a terminal server, a Kerberized login procedure
cannot be used.
Table 27-1
Kerberos Terminology
Term
Definition
Kerberized
Applications and services that have been modified to support the
Kerberos credential infrastructure.
Kerberos credential
General term referring to authentication tickets, such as ticket granting
tickets and service credentials. Kerberos Credentials verify the ticket of
a user or service. If a network service decides to trust the Kerberos
server that issued the ticket, it can be used in place of retyping in a
username and password. Credentials have a default life span of 8 hours.
Kerberos identity
(See Kerberos principal.)
Kerberos principal
Who you are or what a service is according to the Kerberos server. Also
known as a Kerberos identity.
Kerberos realm
A domain consisting of users, hosts, and network services that are
registered to a Kerberos server. (The Kerberos server is trusted to verify
the identity of a user or network service to another user or network
service.) Kerberos realms must always be in uppercase characters.
Kerberos rerver
A daemon running on a network host. Users and network services
register their identity with the Kerberos server. Network services query
the Kerberos server to authenticate other network services.
Key distribution center
(KDC)
A Kerberos server and database program running on a network host that
allocates the Kerberos credentials to different users or network services.
Service credential
A credential for a network service. When issued from the KDC, this
credential is encrypted with the password shared by the network service
and the KDC and with the user’s TGT.
SRVTAB
A password that a network service shares with the KDC. The network
service authenticates an encrypted service credential by using the
SRVTAB (also known as a KEYTAB) to decrypt it.
Ticket granting ticket
(TGT)
A credential that the KDC issues to authenticated users. When users
receive a TGT, they can authenticate network services within the
Kerberos realm represented by the KDC.