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Re: [kitten] Finding Kerberos Realm Descriptors in secure DNS

Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl> Wed, 16 September 2015 06:15 UTC

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Hi,

> I believe it could be done, and certainly LDAP and other things add
> pressure to implement async evented KDCs, so that adding DNS queries
> into the mix wouldn't be a big deal, but I suspect implementors are not
> ready to bite that bullet.
>
> Would this proposal (or variants discussed) really solve a _pressing_
> problem?  Or a problem we believe will be pressing?

Realm crossover outside a fixed KDC set or federation needs KREALM or a variation on that theme; and could then be used to connect arbitrary domains using something like PKCROSS -- which is my hope and intention.

A KDC-side implementation of this mechanism would require DNS queries in the KDC.  It would be the place where an admin can manage this mechanism in a central place, without having to deal with various clients in various contexts.

-Rick

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