第14章 Managing Kerberos ticket policies


Kerberos ticket policies in Identity Management (IdM) set restrictions on Kerberos ticket access, duration, and renewal. You can configure Kerberos ticket policies for the Key Distribution Center (KDC) running on your IdM server.

14.1. The role of the IdM KDC

Identity Management’s authentication mechanisms use the Kerberos infrastructure established by the Key Distribution Center (KDC). The KDC is the trusted authority that stores credential information and ensures the authenticity of data originating from entities within the IdM network.

Each IdM user, service, and host acts as a Kerberos client and is identified by a unique Kerberos principal:

  • For users: identifier@REALM, such as admin@EXAMPLE.COM
  • For services: service/fully-qualified-hostname@REALM, such as http/server.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM
  • For hosts: host/fully-qualified-hostname@REALM, such as host/client.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM

The following image is a simplification of the communication between a Kerberos client, the KDC, and a Kerberized application that the client wants to communicate with.

Kerberos KDC flow of communication
  1. A Kerberos client identifies itself to the KDC by authenticating as a Kerberos principal. For example, an IdM user performs kinit username and provides their password.
  2. The KDC checks for the principal in its database, authenticates the client, and evaluates Kerberos ticket policies to determine whether to grant the request.
  3. The KDC issues the client a ticket-granting ticket (TGT) with a lifecycle and authentication indicators according to the appropriate ticket policy.
  4. With the TGT, the client requests a service ticket from the KDC to communicate with a Kerberized service on a target host.
  5. The KDC checks if the client’s TGT is still valid, and evaluates the service ticket request against ticket policies.
  6. The KDC issues the client a service ticket.
  7. With the service ticket, the client can initiate encrypted communication with the service on the target host.
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