Kerberos

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that uses encryption for authentication of client-server applications.

Kerberos provides these advantages for users and system administrators:

A Kerberos database can serve as a centralized storehouse for users.
Kerberos facilitates the single-sign-on (SSO) environment, in which a user system login provides the credentials necessary to access a database.
Kerberos is an IETF standard. Interoperability is possible between different implementations of Kerberos.

Configuring Kerberos for jConnect
Review the instructions to configure jConnect to use Kerberos security mechanism.
GSSMANAGER_CLASS Connection Property
When using Kerberos, jConnect relies on several Java classes that implement the Generic Security Services (GSS) API.
Kerberos Environment
You can use jConnect with three different implementations of Kerberos.
Sample Applications
The two commented code samples available in the jConnect-7_0/sample2 directory illustrate how to establish a Kerberos connection to Adaptive Server Enterprise.
Interoperability
jConnect supports interoperability combinations of KDCs, GSS libraries, and platforms on which jConnect has successfully established a connection to Adaptive Server Enterprise.
Troubleshooting Kerberos
Review the considerations when troubleshooting Kerberos security issues.

Parent topic: Security