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Installing and Configuring Kerberos for Windows (KfW)

The Kerberos protocol is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications. It was created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a solution to network security problems. The Kerberos protocol uses strong cryptography so that a client can prove its identity to a server (and vice versa) across an insecure network connection. The Kerberos for Windows (KfW) package allows you to establish a secure, encrypted connection from your Windows desktop to a remote server (as long as it's running Kerberos).

Kerberos is freely available from MIT, under copyright permissions very similar those used for the BSD operating system and the X Window System. Below are the instructions on how to download and install the Kerberos software for Windows 2000 and XP.

1. Download KfW from: http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/dist/kfw/3.1/kfw-3.1/kfw-3-1-0.exe
   
   
2. Launch the install program. Make sure that KfW Client and KfW Documentation are checked.

   

3. Download the configuration file from: http://www.glue.umd.edu/krb5

   

4. Allow the Network Identity Manager to start each time you login to Windows.