>The way "principal" is used by Kerberos is, as far as I know, specific >to Kerberos. The definition always needs to be explained to English >speakers, too. I'd never heard ken's etymology before, but it also >seems pretty circular.
I seem to recall it from the mountains of documentation I read over the course of a couple of years (I'm reasonably confident I didn't invent it, but anything is possible, I suppose). If you think of "principal" as "primary", then "primary identifier" might make more sense. Or maybe not. --Ken
