RFC 8062 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2017

Anonymity Support for Kerberos

Overview

RFC 8062, “Anonymity Support for Kerberos”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2017 by L. Zhu, P. Leach, S. Hartman, S. Emery. It updates RFC 4120, RFC 4121, RFC 4556. It obsoletes RFC 6112. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines extensions to the Kerberos protocol to allow a Kerberos client to securely communicate with a Kerberos application service without revealing its identity, or without revealing more than its Kerberos realm. It also defines extensions that allow a Kerberos client to obtain anonymous credentials without revealing its identity to the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC). This document updates RFCs 4120, 4121, and 4556. This document obsoletes RFC 6112 and reclassifies that document as Historic. RFC 6112 contained errors, and the protocol described in that specification is not interoperable with any known implementation. This specification describes a protocol that interoperates with multiple implementations.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 6112
This RFC updates
RFC 4120 RFC 4121 RFC 4556
Other RFCs from 2017

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