On 04/27/2012 07:38 AM, "Paul DiSciascio" wrote:
> Hi,
>   I'm in the early stages of a project to deploy a unix-only kerberos
> realm that will serve around 1000 unix servers.  It's an MIT kerberos
> realm with the KDCs on SuSE Linux.  
> 
> Does anyone have any experience doing something like this?  I'm trying
> to nail down some of the finer details of the design, for example:
> 
>    a. whether to use the traditional database backend or the ldap
> backend, and the replication implications of this decision.
>    b. how to ensure users dont have problems with confusion between
> local credentials and kerberos credentials
>    c. methods for allowing admins to log into servers for kerberos
> triage
>    d. use of specific encryption types if I want to consider a trust
> with an AD realm some time down the road
> 
> 
> Any insight or advice is welcome.

You really want to look at FreeIPA, http://freeipa.org, particularly if
you are implementing something from the ground up.  If you want a
supported version, it comes with the base subscription in RHEL6.

Cheers,
Brian

> 
> 
> ~Paul
> 
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