Kerberos

NFS Kerberos in ONTAP Primer

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Fun fact! Kerberos was named after Cerberus, the hound of Hades, which protected the gates of the underworld with its three heads of gnashing teeth. Kerberos in IT security isn't a whole lot different; it's pretty effective at stopping intruders and is literally a three-headed monster. In my day to day role as a Technical … Continue reading NFS Kerberos in ONTAP Primer

The Joy of Sec: Realmd

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Recently, the esteemed Jonathan Frappier (@jfrappier) posted an article on setting up Kerberos for use with Ansible. My Kerberos senses started to tingle... While Jonathan was referring to Ansible, it made me remember that this question comes up a lot when trying to use Kerberos with Linux clients. Kerberos isn't necessarily easy When using Kerberos with … Continue reading The Joy of Sec: Realmd

May 2016 update to TR-4073 (the NetApp NFS Kerberos/LDAP manifesto)

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It’s time for new technical report updates! Since clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.2 is now available, we are publishing our 8.3.2 updates to our docs. I finally got the updates added to TR-4073: Secure Unified Authentication. What is Secure Unified Authentication? Secure Unified Authentication is a solution-based methodology to provide secure (via Kerberos) unified (via central LDAP servers for … Continue reading May 2016 update to TR-4073 (the NetApp NFS Kerberos/LDAP manifesto)