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This site is in the process of being reviewed and updated.
Here is a partial list of how Kerberos authentication is used in Windows NT 5.0:
- authentication to the Active Directory using LDAP for queries or directory management
- CIFS/SMB remote file access protocol
- distributed filesystem management and referrals
- secure DNS address update
- print spooler services
- optional IPsec host-host authentication in ISAKMP/Oakley
- reservation requests for network Quality of Service
- Intranet authentication to Internet Information server
- authentication of public-key certificate requests to the Microsoft Certificate Server for domain users and computers
- remote server or workstation management using authenticated RPC and DCOM