How does Kerberos Work?

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Kerberos differs from username/password authentication methods because instead of authenticating each user to each network service, it uses symmetric encryption and a trusted third party - known as the Key Distribution Center (KDC) - to authenticate users to a suite of network services. Once a user authenticates to the KDC, it sends a ticket specific to that session back the user's machine and...

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