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- > * 4) The browser detects the 402 error code and intiates a dialog
- > containing the information from the Cost: field and requests
- > the password which is used to authenticate the user in the
- > servers Realm and get a ticket for the servers Instance.
-
- A yes/no confirmation dialog is useful if there is a real cost, but the
- browser should never see the password.
-
- 1) Kerberos should normally be invisible to users; there should be a
- TGT whenever the user is logged in.
- 2) AFS kerberos uses a different password->key mapping, so you'd have a
- problem with AFS sites. (Problem #1; how do you tell apart sites using
- AFS Kerberos? We use AFS with MIT Kerberos).
- 3) It's bad policy for users to get into the habit of entering their
- passwords into programs other than passwd, kinit and login.
-
- we'd be happy to try a Kerberised client and server, as authenticated
- info serving is something of a wish here.
-
- Peter Lister p.lister@cranfield.ac.uk
- Computer Centre,
- Cranfield Institute of Technology, Voice: +44 234 754200 ext 2828
- Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL England Fax: +44 234 750875
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