KerberosKey
Class KerberosKey
- java.lang.Object
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- javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosKey
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable, Key, SecretKey, Destroyable
public class KerberosKey extends Object implements SecretKey, Destroyable
This class encapsulates a long term secret key for a Kerberos principal.
All Kerberos JAAS login modules that obtain a principal's password and generate the secret key from it should use this class. Sometimes, such as when authenticating a server in the absence of user-to-user authe