HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS, Volume 3 Kerberos

This document, "HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 3: Kerberos," is a manual published in January 2005. It describes how to install, configure, and use Kerberos Version 2.1 for OpenVMS, which is based on MIT Kerberos V5 Release 1.2.6 with CERT patches up to 1.2.8.

The manual is intended for application developers using OpenVMS Industry Standard 64, OpenVMS Alpha, and OpenVMS VAX. It covers:

• An introduction to Kerberos, defining key terminology like Realms, Secret/Private Keys, Tickets, and Kerberos Components (KDC, Authentication Service, Ticket-Granting Service, Kerberos Database, and various utility programs like kinit, klist, kdestroy, kpasswd, kadmin, kdb5_util, kprop, ktutil).
• Detailed installation and configuration instructions for Kerberos on different OpenVMS versions (I64 8.2+, Alpha 7.3-2+, VAX 7.3) and how to configure HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Telnet with Kerberos.
• A programming tutorial on building Kerberos applications for OpenVMS, including compiling and linking using DCL and GMAKE, and descriptions of example programs.
• Reference sections for the GSSAPI (Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface) and KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface, detailing numerous C language bindings and their arguments, descriptions, and return values.

The document also includes legal notices regarding confidential software, trademarks, and open source acknowledgments.