Re: Always about ATHENA Wide ....

[jweiss () mit edu (jweiss () mit edu)]

    To validate an user somewhere should be the encrypted passwords ..
    where ? .. 

Kerberos is used to authenticate users when they log into an Athena
workstation.  It is a distributed security system that does not
require that each user have an encrypted password stored on every
workstation.  I would suggest that you read up on some of the packages
used by Athena.  Hesiod and Kerberos would be a good start.  You can
find papers on these that were written for the 1988 winter Usenix
conference via ftp from athena-dist.mit.edu in pub/ATHENS/usenix.  You
can also find source distributions on athena-dist, but remember that
US export restrictions may apply to some of the things you find.

        Jonathon Weiss
        jweiss () mit edu


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