Subject: Authentication Protocols
Author: Alex_Raj
Posted on: 05/17/2006 08:38:17 PM
Basic Authentication:
A base64 based user's credentials authentication exchange.
Digest Authentication:
A challenge-response based authentication protocol but the credentials are not sent across the network.
SSL/TLS:
A certificate based authentication protocol with CAs (Certificate Authority) as the trusted party dealing with the asymmetric keys.
Kerberos:
A token/ticket based authentication protocol with KDC as the trusted party managing the symmetric keys.
NTLM:
A proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft. NTLM (NT-LAN Manager) is the default authentication protocol of Windows NT4 and legacy authentication protocol in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 domain.
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