Kerberos Authentication in Windows 2000 Server

Technical Resources for IT Pros

Kerberos is an authentication mechanism used to verify user or host identity. This page contains information you need to evaluate, plan, and deploy Kerberos, the preferred authentication method for services in Windows 2000 Server.

Introduction

• Windows 2000 Kerberos Authentication

Deployment

• Server Clusters: Security Best Practices for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003

Interoperability and Coexistence

• Step-by-Step Guide to Kerberos 5 (krb5 1.0) Interoperability

Operations

• Troubleshooting Kerberos Errors
• Troubleshooting Kerberos Delegation

Technical Reference

• Utilizing the Windows 2000 Authorization Data in Kerberos Tickets for Access Control to Resources

IT Developer

• HTTP-Based Cross-Platform Authentication via the Negotiate Protocol Part I—Network Infrastructure
  • Part II—SPNEGO Tokens and the Negotiate Protocol
  • Part II—SPNEGO Tokens and the Negotiate Protocol
  • Part III—SPNEGO Token Handler API
• Server Clusters: Security Best Practices for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003
• SSPI/Kerberos Interoperability with GSSAPI

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Additional Resources Vintela.com Vintella Kerberos Management Package helps to maintain UNIX accounts in Windows. Product Support Knowledge Base Search

Tools Klist.exe: Kerberos List Displays ticket information for a given computer running the Kerberos protocol. Kerbtray.exe: Kerberos Tray Views and deletes the Kerberos tickets granted to the current logon session. Setspn.exe: Set Service Principal Names Manage Service Principal Names for an Active Directory directory service account.

 

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