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RFC 4537: Kerberos Cryptosystem Negotiation Extension

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This document specifies an extension to the Kerberos protocol as defined in RFC 4120, in which the client can send a list of supported encryption types in decreasing preference order, and the server then selects an encryption type that is supported by both the client and the server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC4537
Published
June 2006
Authors
L. Zhu; P. Leach; K. Jaganathan
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
6
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RFC 4120

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