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Re:Explain like I'm 5: Kerberos by gchpaco on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @04:48PM (#5481965)
From http://www.h5l.org/manual/HEAD/info/heimdal/Authorisation-da...:

  The Windows 2000 KDC also adds extra authorisation data in tickets. It is at this point unclear what triggers it to do this. The format of this data is only available under a “secret” license from Microsoft, which prohibits you implementing it.
This makes/made? it difficult to have a Windows domain authenticate against an existing KDC; you needed to set up an AD server and then set up cross-domain trust relationships, which means you must have a Windows server on your network in order to support Windows AD clients.
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Re:Explain like I'm 5: Kerberos by ethomson on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:16AM (#5486153)
Very interesting. I had a similar setup in a previous life without any issues, but the "it is at this point unclear what triggers it to do this" is ominous indeed, so it's possible I just went down the happy path where this sort of issue doesn't come up.
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