# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler----------------------------------------------------| krb5: Kerberos (Network Authentication Protocol) krb5: krb5: Kerberos was created by MIT as a solution to these network security krb5: problems. The Kerberos protocol uses strong cryptography so that a krb5: client can prove its identity to a server (and vice versa) across an krb5: insecure network connection. After a client and server has used krb5: Kerberos to prove their identity, they can also encrypt all of their krb5: communications to assure privacy and data integrity. krb5: krb5: krb5: