Kerberos

A network protocol allowing machines connected to an unsecured network (called nodes) to identify each other securely. It was developed at MIT in the 1980s.

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Images of Kerberos in particular are reminiscent of early pictures of comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko taken by the Rosetta spacecraft.

Pluto's smaller moons pose mysteries: New Horizons images provide hints to dwarf planet's history

The orbits of Pluto and its moons Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra are illustrated around their common center of mass.

Pluto's Small Moons Nix and Hydra

Kerberos has been used as the platform in the development of this protocol which is based on the Key-Exchange protocol enhanced with a powerful intruder model.

Analysing the combined Kerberos timed authentication protocol and frequent key renewal using CSP and rank functions

Kerberos is a three-headed dog in Greek mythology and Styx is the mythological river separating the living world from the dead.

Pluto's 2 smallest moons now officially named

Styx and Kerberos join Pluto's three other moons and are named after figures from Greek and Roman mythology.

Pluto's Tiniest Moons Get Named: Styx and Kerberos Join Charon, Nix And Hydra

Each UNIX machine that is going to authenticate using Kerberos 5 must have a user account on the windows machine.

Notes on integrating Windows 2000, RedHat Linux, and HP-UX

As originally intended, TrustBridge would have enabled Active Directory to take a Kerberos security token and communicate with another Kerberos-based system, not necessarily Active Directory.

Microsoft Shifts TrustBridge Towards WS- Roadmap

Kerberos and LDAP also figure in the emerging Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) method of user authentication, which uses encrypted "certificates" to vouch for properly identified network users.

Get real: the security of your network users' digital identities has become crucial. It's time to look at authentication technology. (Technology)

In addition CyberSafe has taken over the Kerberos protocol-based authentication product business from CyberSafe Corp in all world regions outside of North America.

New company enters Britain's IT security market

has announced that its V-Link thin client solution for Internet and e-mail can now be extended librarywide because it now employs Kerberos secret-key cryptography.

Veicon Announces Its V-Link cLife Solution

Take Kerberos software, which generates a private, electronic key based on billions of random numbers for authorized users seeking access to a system.