Overview#

The Key Distribution Center contains three components :

• Authentication Service - authenticate users and Service Providers
• Ticket Granting Service - distribute tickets based on the information stored in its Kerberos Database
• Kerberos Database- Often a LDAP Server

A Key Distribution Center can be associated to only one Kerberos Realm.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• AS Exchange
• How passwords are used in Windows
• KDC
• Kerberos
• Kerberos Authentication Service
• Kerberos Service Account
• Public Key Cryptography Based User-to-User
• TGS Session Key