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Does z/OS Communications Server support the Kerberos network authentication protocol?

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Question

Does z/OS Communications Server support the Kerberos network authentication protocol? If it does, what kinds of support does it provide?

Answer

The following z/OS Communications Server IP applications include support for the Kerberos version 5 security protocol:

  • The UNIX System Services Telnet server (otelnetd) allows clients supporting Kerberos version 5 (as described in RFC 1416) to log in to the shell environment using Kerberos as the authentication protocol.

  • The FTP client and server support connections to or from other clients and servers supporting Kerberos version 5 authentication for the FTP protocol (as described in RFC 2228).

  • The UNIX System Services RSH (Remote Shell) server can be configured to support client authentication using Kerberos from RSH clients supporting Kerberos version 5.

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Product Synonym

ZOSCS COMMSERVER

Document Information

Modified date:
05 August 2016

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dwa1293550

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