>>>>> "Sreedhar" == Sreedhar Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Sreedhar> hi, I am using MIT Kerberos 5 on AIX Box. I want to know
    Sreedhar> more about replay cache. Can any one please explain me
    Sreedhar> what is the use of Authentication Replay Cache on KDC
    Sreedhar> and how it will be handled at KDC (like file/memory).

It may be that an attacker can gain informatin by having multiple
different texts encrypted in the same key.  The replay cache is stored
in a file and helps avoid this problem by sending back the exact same
response if the exact same request is found for some request.

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