RFC 4556-2006
Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)

Standard No.

RFC 4556-2006

Release Date

2006

Published By

IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force

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RFC 4556-2006

Scope

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.

RFC 4556-2006 history

• 2006 RFC 4556-2006 Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)