Overview
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Strong, network-based authentication is very important in maintaining control of internal resources and access to information. Unauthorized access to systems may lead to downtime, damaged systems, user monitoring, and network snooping. Access to sensitive information through weak or non-existent authentication mechanisms may lead to loss of intellectual property, damaged or modified data, or denial of service to legitimate users. Allowing only properly authorized and authenticated entities access to resources and data enables organizations to maintain tighter control over their operations and information.
History of Kerberos in Solaris
Components of the Kerberos service have been included in many releases. Originally, the Kerberos service and changes to the base operating system to support the Kerberos service were released using the product name "Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism" which was shortened to SEAM. As more parts of the SEAM product were included in the Solaris software, the contents of the SEAM release decreased. For the Solaris 10 release, all parts of the SEAM product are included, so there is no longer a need for the SEAM product. The SEAM product name exists in the documentation for historical reasons.
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Kerberos Blogging @ Sun
Check out what some of Sun's best minds have to say about Kerberos on their blogs.
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