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612 | 612 | <productname>Kerberos</productname> is an industry-standard secure
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| - authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a |
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| - public network. A description of the |
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| - <productname>Kerberos</productname> system is far beyond the scope |
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| - of this document; in all generality it can be quite complex (yet |
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| - powerful). The <ulink |
| 613 | + authentication system suitable for distributed computing over a public |
| 614 | + network. A description of the <productname>Kerberos</productname> system |
| 615 | + is far beyond the scope of this document; in all generality it can be |
| 616 | + quite complex (yet powerful). The <ulink |
618 | 617 | url="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html">Kerberos
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| - <acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink |
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| - url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT Project Athena</ulink> can be |
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| - a good starting point for exploration. Several sources for |
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| - <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist. |
| 618 | + <acronym>FAQ</></ulink> or <ulink url="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu">MIT |
| 619 | + Project Athena</ulink> can be a good starting point for exploration. |
| 620 | + Several sources for <productname>Kerberos</> distributions exist. |
| 621 | + </para> |
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| 623 | + <para> |
| 624 | + While <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports both Kerberos 4 and |
| 625 | + Kerberos 5, only Kerberos 5 is recommended. Kerberos 4 is |
| 626 | + considered insecure and no longer recommended for general |
| 627 | + use. |
623 | 628 | </para>
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