I see that it is possible to put application-defined data in the 
enc-authorization-data field of a request to a TGS and the authorization-data field of 
a ticket. Suppose I have a password-based application service that would be difficult 
to Kerberize, I have two questions:

1. In theory, is it possible to embed a user ID and password into a ticket and send it 
to a Kerberized proxy that logs the user into the password-based application service 
on behalf of the user?

2. In practice, are there any gotchas? For example, would one need to modify kinit? 
Does the MIT TGS support this?

BTW, I am familiar with Clifford Neuman's "Proxy-Based Authorization and Accounting 
for Distributed Systems". Thanks.

Frank


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