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Re: On the delegation option

From: Nick Zitzmann <nick_at_chronosnet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:38:41 -0600

On Nov 20, 2013, at 11:48 AM, frank ernest <doark_at_mail.com> wrote:

> --delegation LEVEL
> Set LEVEL to tell the server what it is allowed to delegate when
> it comes to user credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos.
>
> none Don't allow any delegation.
>
> policy Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set
> in the Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of
> realm policy.
>
> always Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
>
> What's delegation?
> what security considerations?

<http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kerberos+delegation>

Basically, if you don’t use Kerberos, then you don’t need this feature.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>

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Received on 2013-11-21