Kerberos Protocol Advantages
Faster connection authentication
- Server scalability for high-volume connections
- Reuse session tickets from cache
Mutual authentication of both client, server
Delegation of authentication
- Impersonation in three-tier client/server architectures
Transitive trust between domains
- Simplify inter-domain trust management
Mature IETF standard for interoperability
- Testing with MIT Kerberos V5 Release