>
> Even with a certificate only the traffic is covered by the ssl the 
> UserName and Password are sent as clear text


Just thought I should clarify this a bit more, what "clear text" means in 
this scenario is that the username and password are sent as they are and 
not as a hash you typically see with NTLM or Kerberos authentication. The 
actual data is doubly encrypted/wrapped during the authentication process 
with

* The wrap method of the underlying auth used, either NTLM (RC4) or 
Kerberos (AES256), then
* TLS encrypted based on the session setup in CredSSP auth

So yes it is inherently more insecure compared to Kerberos, and to an 
extent NTLM, as the credentials are sent as is but the value is still 
protected through 2 layers of encryption meaning someone sniffing the 
network packets won't be able to see it.

Thanks

Jordan

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