When should you use raidus bs kerbros?

547    Asked by AyushiKhatri in Cyber Security , Asked on Sep 26, 2022

Is Radius just a better version of Kerberos? I can't find anything about this. If you set up a Radius server in a modern network do you need Kerberos at all?

Answered by Behailu

The answer to your question - when should you use raidus bs kerbros is -


Kerberos will verify your credentials and give you a "ticket" that you can use to prove to other systems/services that you are you. The ticket will expire, and doesn't contain your credentials. You have to be on the network for this to work. More information on Kerberos can be found here: MIT - Kerberos

RADIUS is a way to get on the network. You give your credentials, and they will be checked before you are allowed access to the network. More information on RADIUS can be found here: Wikipedia Entry

So when you are trying to access a network, you provide your credentials and RADIUS will check to see if you are allowed on the network. If you have wrong credentials, you don't get on. After you are on the network, you will want to have access to other services, i.e. email. This is where Kerberos comes in. You authenticate to Kerberos, if you check out ok, Kerberos will give the ticket, (think of a pass) that you can use to access those other services without having to spread your actual credentials everywhere.



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