No problem.   I think the telnet client defaults to NOT use
encryption.  The "-a" option should force it to try automatic
authentication with KRB5.  "-x" will have the client attempt
to negotiate the encryption per RFC 2946.  See the man page.

-Wyllys


Ralph Young wrote:

> Bear with me, still somewhat a newbie to Kerberos...
> 
> Could a Kerberos V5-Telnet server do authentication only, with no encryption
> support for interactive sessions?
> 
> -Ralph Young
> 
> Wyllys Ingersoll wrote:
> 
> 
>>The data encryption types negotiated as described by RFC 2946 are
>>completely separate from the Kerberos encryption types that
>>Kerberos uses to create keys, etc.  You may have a KDC that only
>>supports DES-CBC types but a telnet client (and server) that
>>support completely different encryption types for the actual
>>telnet session.
>>
>>In fact, a telnet client and server may support RFC-2946 but
>>not necessarily support Kerberos.  Though I've never seen
>>such a situation, the RFC does not require the use of Kerberos
>>for keys or authentication.
>>
>>The MIT telnet client and server may only support the DES_CBC types,
>>the rest is an exercise left up to the reader :)
>>
>>-wyllys
>>
>>Ralph Young wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The Telnet Data Encryption Option - as defined by RFC 2946 - shows the
>>>following encryption types:
>>>
>>>NULL             0
>>>DES_CFB64        1
>>>DES_OFB64        2
>>>DES3_CFB64       3
>>>DES3_OFB64       4
>>>CAST5_40_CFB64   8
>>>CAST5_40_OFB64   9
>>>CAST128_CFB64   10
>>>CAST128_OFB64   11
>>>
>>>Kerberos V5, however, appears to support just the DES_CBC encryption
>>>types... it appears to me a telnet client may request one of the above
>>>encryption types, not a K5 encryption type.
>>>
>>>Therefore, my question:  for a Kerberos 5 Telnet Server application, how
>>>would the Kerberos encryption types be negotiated?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>Ralph Young
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>
>>>



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