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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:20:48 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kerberos and DHCP 
Message-ID:  <200007271921.e6RJLm344639@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:41:01 EDT." <20000727144100.A30282@tougas.net> 

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In message <20000727144100.A30282@tougas.net>, Damien Tougas writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I don't know alot about kerberos, and was wondering if someone could
> answer a question for me. It is my understanding that kerberos depends
> on a host key for autentication, and that the host key is tied to the
> hostname of the client. If that is the case, how is it possible to use
> kerberos with a client computer that connects via dhcp?

Kerberos does not require a host key for client systems.  DHCP and KRB5 
clients work nicely together.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC





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