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RFC 4556: Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)

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This document describes protocol extensions (hereafter called PKINIT) to the Kerberos protocol specification. These extensions provide a method for integrating public key cryptography into the initial authentication exchange, by using asymmetric-key signature and/or encryption algorithms in pre-authentication data fields. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC4556
Published
June 2006
Authors
L. Zhu; B. Tung
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
42
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 6112, RFC 8062, RFC 8636

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