Kerberos

1. KERBEROS
k.RAja gangadhar
14A81A0577
cse-B

2. INDEX_____________________________
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 Introduction
 History & Development
 Need
 Working
 Applications
 Weakness
 climax

3. INTRODUCTION…………….____________
 Network authentication protocol.
 Developed at MIT in the mid 1980s.
 A secret key based service for providing authentication in open
networks.
 Provides strong authentication for client-server applications.

4. HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT______________
 Steve Miller and Clifford Neuman designed the
primary Kerberos version.
 Versions 1–3 occurred only internally at MIT as part
of project Athena.
 Windows 2000 was Microsoft's first system to
implement Kerberos security standard.
 Version 5, designed by John Kohl and Clifford
Neuman, appeared in 1993 .

5. NEED
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• The primary goal of kerberos is to elimate the transmission of
unencrypted passwords across the networks.
• Sending usernames and passwords in the clear jeopardizes the
security of network.
• Each time a password is sent in clear , there is a chance for
interception.

6. WORKING___________________________
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7. WORKING___________________________
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Abbreviations Used:
AS Authentication Server.
KDC Key Distribution Center.
TGS Ticket Granting Server.
SS Service Server.
TGT Ticket Granting Ticket.

8. WORKING:VIDEO

9. DISADVANTAGES_____________________
 Compromise of central server will compromise all
users' secret keys. If stolen, TGT can be used to
access network services of others.
 Kerberos only provide authentication only for
clients and services.
 Vulnerable to users making poor password
choices.

10. ADVANTAGES
 Passwords are never sent across the network
unencrypted.
 Tickets have a limited lifetime.
 Authentication through the AS only has to happen
once.
 Sharing secret keys is more efficient than public-
keys.

11. CLIMAX____________________________
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 Kerberos is an authentication service using
convention encryption.
 Kerberos the solution to network security is a
protocol designed to provide centralized
authentication whose function is to authenticate
user to server and server to user.