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Kerberos is a network authentication protocol which utilizes symmetric cryptography to provide authentication for client-server applications.
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There are various services that ensure authentication during logon. Examples of these are Java Authentication and Authorization Service and Kerberos.
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Kerberos SESAME Active Directory
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It's a mutual authentication; it verifies both user and sender of the ticket using symmetric keys.
Q5. Suppose an organization uses Kerberos for authentication. In terms of security and service availability, what is the effect if AS or TGS goes down?
Centralized file integrity protection!
one way authentication and mutual authentication