RFC 8070 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2017

Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos Freshness Extension

Overview

RFC 8070, “Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos Freshness Extension”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2017 by M. Short, S. Moore, P. Miller. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes how to further extend the Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT) extension (defined in RFC 4556) to exchange an opaque data blob that a Key Distribution Center (KDC) can validate to ensure that the client is currently in possession of the private key during a PKINIT Authentication Service (AS) exchange.

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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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