Kerberos Server Version 3.1.2 Release Notes (5900-1856, July 2011)

1 HP Kerberos Server v3.1.2 Release Notes
Announcement
HP Kerberos Server v3.1.2, product number T1417AA™ is based on the client-server architecture.
It ensures secure communication in a networked environment by leveraging individual trust
relationships. It then brokers this trust across enterprise-wide distributed client-server networks.
NOTE: Kerberos Server v3.1.2, an enhanced version of Kerberos Server v3.0 is released on the
HP-UX 11i v2 operating system. You can configure Kerberos Server v3.1.2 using LDAP as the
backend database.
The communication between client and server is secured using the Kerberos protocol. HP Kerberos
Server allows entities to authenticate themselves, without having to transmit their passwords in clear
text form, over the network.
You can obtain HP Kerberos Server v3.1.2 from the HP Software Depot at: http://
www.software.hp.com.
HP Kerberos Server v 3.1.2 cannot be ordered from HP by the individual product number.
What’s in this version
The following new features are included in Kerberos Server Version 3.1.2:
• Kerberos Server Version 3.1.2 is now available on HP-UX 11iv2 September 2004 release
(which is on both IPF and PA-RISC platforms). If you have installed Kerberos Server Version
3.1.2 on your HP-UX 11i v2 IPF system, you do not need to install the current version (this
release).
• Support for storing Kerberos principal data in an LDAP Directory Server. Only supported with
Netscape Directory server 6.0 (J4258CA), and later releases.
• A context sensitive online help system is available with the Kerberos Server administrative
tools kadminl_ui and kadmin_ui.
Kerberos Server version 3.1.2 benefits and features
The Kerberos Server is primarily a centralized network authentication system providing security
solutions to geographically dispersed organizations. Following are the key features of Kerberos
Server v3.1.2.
• Strong Authentication
Using the Kerberos Server, you can be assured that users, who logon to your network are
who they claim to be, to access the services, databases and applications on your client-server
network.
Strong authentication is the backbone of Kerberos Server. With geographically dispersed
organizations and resources disbursed across multiple platforms, the need for users to access
multiple secure systems in a secure manner is greater than ever, as organizations grow. HP
Kerberos Server v3.1.2, provides the unique ability to broker authentication between one
secure system and another. The server provides the base for strong authentication.
In order to use the Kerberos Server network, each user and service, referred to as a principal,
in the network must prove its identity, referred to as authentication. This means that each
principal must be able to, on demand, provide authentication information that only the principal
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