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Article #1029Re: costs of kerberos and X.500
From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 21:27
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 21:27
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 89 12:14:03 PST From: NESSETT@CCC.NMFECC.GOV Comment: From NESSETT@CCC.MFENET on December 18, 1989 at 12:14 PST Even a margin cost argument must take into account the impact of decreased interoperability when a non-standard authentication mechanism is employed. Given that the certificate approach has major technical advantages..... This may not be the right list to be debating the pro's and con's of the certificate approach; if so, please respond via personal mail. However, I don't see how it's obvious that the certificate approach has ``major technical advantages.'' For example, Jeff's point that Kerberos provides a much easier way to revoke authentication privileges --- just chage the password! Could you detail the ``obvious technical advantages''? Thanks! - Ted
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!decwrl!shelby!ATHENA.MIT.EDU!tytso From: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kerberos Subject: Re: costs of kerberos and X.500 Message-ID: <8912182127.AA17245@STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU> Date: 18 Dec 89 21:27:19 GMT References: <891218121403.22200126@CCC.NMFECC.GOV> Sender: daemon@shelby.Stanford.EDU Reply-To: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19