RFC1510: The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)1993 RFC
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This document gives an overview and specification of Version 5 of the protocol for the Kerberos network authentication system. Version 4, described elsewhere [1,2], is presently in production use at MIT's Project Athena, and at other Internet sites.
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