Kerberos : The Definitive Guide

Rating:
Summary: Comprehensive and easy-to-understand
Review: I hoped that this book would help answer all my questions about Kerberos. It did. I have worked with Active Directory frequently over the past 5 years. Also, I have a penchant for security and Open Source software. I was eager to know how Kerberos works behind the scenes, especially in complex scenarios such as cross-realm authentication in Active Directory forests. I was not disappointed.

Kerberos: The Definitive Guide covers everything from history and concepts through implementation and advanced topics. Everything you need to know about authentication, cryptography and security in order to understand and implement Kerberos is here.

Jason Garman does a good job of conveying a wealth of complex subject material in a simple, easy-to-digest way. This book is not a Kerberos "bible" -- it doesn't cover every possible aspect of Kerberos in detail -- but it is more than adequate to be used as an implementation guide, and it makes an excellent reference.

I can recommend this to anyone who works with Kerberos.

Rating:
Summary: Concise, accurate, fair Windows coverage.
Review: I purchased this book to assist in integrating Linux authentication with Active Directory. It provided about 90% of the information I needed, the rest came from the web. Offers a concise overview of Kerberos, pretty good coverage of interaction with Active Directory, and some great information on inter-realm trusts that was hard to find via Microsoft. All this talk of AD aside, plenty of high quality information here for the Open Source community.

Rating:
Summary: Concise, accurate, fair Windows coverage.
Review: I purchased this book to assist in integrating Linux authentication with Active Directory. It provided about 90% of the information I needed, the rest came from the web. Offers a concise overview of Kerberos, pretty good coverage of interaction with Active Directory, and some great information on inter-realm trusts that was hard to find via Microsoft. All this talk of AD aside, plenty of high quality information here for the Open Source community.