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Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos
This document defines extensions (PKINIT) to the Kerberos protocol specification (RFC 1510 [1]) to provide a method for using public key cryptography during initial authentication. The methods defined specify the ways in which preauthentication data fields and error data fields in Kerberos messages are to be used to transport public key data.
PKINIT utilizes Diffie-Hellman keys in combination with digital signature keys as the primary, required mechanism. It also allows for the use of RSA keys. Note that PKINIT supports the use of separate signature and encryption keys.
author: Clifford Neuman, John Wray, Brian Tung, J. Trostle, M. Hur, A. Medvinsky, Sasha Medvinsky
date: 05/17/1999
id: draft-ietf-cat-kerberos-pk-init-08.txt
Public Key Cryptography for Cross-Realm Authentication in Kerberos
This document defines extensions to the Kerberos protocol specification (RFC 1510, 'The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)', September 1993) to provide a method for using public key cryptography during cross-realm authentication. The methods defined here specify the way in which message exchanges are to be used to transport cross-realm secret keys protected by encryption under public keys certified as belonging to KDCs.
author: G. Tsudik, Clifford Neuman, B. Sommerfeld, Brian Tung, M. Hur, T. Ryutov, A. Medvinsky
date: 11/13/1998
id: draft-ietf-cat-kerberos-pk-cross-05.txt
http://gost.isi.edu/info/kerberos/
Oscar is DSTC's PKI prototype. It consists of a C++ library and a number of command line tools for setting up Certification Authorities and utilising PKI technology.
JCSI is DSTC's Java Security Provider. It supports the JCA/JCE and supports a number of PKI features.
PKAF is the Australian Standards working group to establish a Public Key Authentication Framework. DSTC has been involved at the committee level as well as contributing to a number of draft standards.
DSTC's Single-Sign-On environment is incorporating PKI work through the use of PKINIT for initial authentication to obtain a Kerberos credential.
The PKI page
http://www.pki-page.org/