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Created: January 2, 2025
Updated: March 21, 2025
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol developed at MIT in the 1980s to enhance secure communication over untrusted networks. It ensures secure user and service authentication without transmitting passwords directly, leveraging symmetric key cryptography and a trusted third party known as the Key Distribution Center (KDC).
Kerberos is widely used in:
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