Security Tools (2)
Kerberos (MIT) - guards the Gates of Hades
- complex
- encrypted communication between client/server
- uses DES (Data Encryption Standard) for sending sensitive information across network
- source of operation system is required to install kerberos; a few hours of work for Unix guru
- Can be obtained from: ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu
- everything (all services) must be kerberized
- Kerberos requires "master kerberos server" which keeps master password database
- K. does not prevent against Trojan hourses
Kerbnet (Cygnus Solutions, $9500+)
- AIX, IRIX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS, WinNT