Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:50:30 -0800 (PST) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can someone explain the Passport/Kerberos connection? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0112070848150.50952-100000@alive.znep.com> In-Reply-To: <20011207161949.B48707@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, j mckitrick wrote: > > I have a basic understanding how Kerberos works, with tickets, > encryption, and authentication. I guess my real question is how is this > implemented in http? How does Passport use it to lock an identity to > one session on a browser somewhere? Passport doesn't use it AFAIK. Normally, Passport just uses cookies. With IE6 and WinXP, it uses "Passport authentication", which isn't publicly documented AFAIK but I'm pretty sure it isn't kerberos based. It may be NTLM based. One of the many promises Microsoft has made is that they will move Passport to using kerberos. But that is just vapor right now AFAIK. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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