Kerberos: A Network Authentication System

by Brian Tung

Kerberos authentication offers a proven, non-proprietary solution for maximizing the security of virtually any computing system without compromising performance. This is the first authoritative,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201379244
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Good chapter on Kerberos for developers

I needed to "kerberize" a PeopleSoft application. Chapter 4 of this book helped me immensely. It was clear and to-the-point. This book covers Kerberos 5. Although my installation is still using Kerberos 4, this book's description of the process of "kerberizing" an application made the man pages for the Kerberos 4 calls comprehensible to me. I'm grateful.

ASAP guide

This book contains much information about kerberos in a small and easy to read book. In some areas it's rather too fast to be understood. It would also be interesting to split this into two little books which are sold together. - The user guide should be forked off and put into a small 30 page book to give to users. This way it would be possible for companies to order many pcs for a small price and give it to their users.

Excellent, interesting, concise, and infinitely readable!

The layout of this book is extremely well considered. Depending on the reader, one can focus on the user, admin, or programmer section. The theory is also presented in a separate section with an appropriate level of background security information (you might want to read this section first if you don't have any security background).The writing is also very well done. Dr. Tung never repeats himself (unlike other technology authors) and his examples are short and to the point. The reader is even, occasionally, treated to a delightful sense of humor. I certinaly hope that Dr. Tung will produce more books.I recommend this book to anyone, period. Of course, if you are using or developing Kerberos apps, then I really, really recommend it. Any system admin worth his or her salt should read this book as well, even if they are not currently considering Kerberos.My final thought: this book would make a great stocking stuffer!!!Dr. Matthew Presley, Chief Scientist, QB, Inc.

To the point, not a lot of fluff

Not a lot of filler that you get with some authors trying to reach the 300+ page mark. The book gets right to the point and is easy to read and understand. Addresses the topic at all levels: user, administrators, and developers. Great job!