I remember getting excited about Kerberos based on the write-up on the KB back when it came out. I didn't know enough about the way those product introduction articles suck! By the way, the audience members apparently didn't know what Kerberos originally was. It was the watchdog of the Hellenic underworld, Hades or Hell. It was guarding against unauthorised travellers in Hades. In the ancient legend, the dead needed to get across the river Styx to rest in peace (not exactly what the Christian Hell is), so besides getting the ferry man to take you on, you had to get pass the giant, three headed hellhound. The dead should not be able to leave, the living should be prevented from entering. My memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure that approximately that's how it went. Anyway, the protocol is from MIT, but the Windoze implementation wasn't secure, and apparently still lags. M$ really are just making money off the market share and their FUD against Open Source sw.
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I remember getting excited about Kerberos based on the write-up on the KB back when it came out. I didn't know enough about the way those product introduction articles suck!
By the way, the audience members apparently didn't know what Kerberos originally was. It was the watchdog of the Hellenic underworld, Hades or Hell. It was guarding against unauthorised travellers in Hades. In the ancient legend, the dead needed to get across the river Styx to rest in peace (not exactly what the Christian Hell is), so besides getting the ferry man to take you on, you had to get pass the giant, three headed hellhound. The dead should not be able to leave, the living should be prevented from entering.
My memory might be a bit fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure that approximately that's how it went.
Anyway, the protocol is from MIT, but the Windoze implementation wasn't secure, and apparently still lags. M$ really are just making money off the market share and their FUD against Open Source sw.