Authentication "Microsoft Windows"

Authentication

Since Windows 2000 Server, all Windows products have been able to use Kerberos for authentication. Authentication also works in conjunction with Microsoft’s own directory service,
which is similar to NDS and known as Active Directory (AD). Kerberos is a technology that is used for authentication. Essentially, a unique identifier known as a ticket is given to every user
that successfully authenticates to AD. From then on, that ticket is sent along with all transmissions to indicate exactly who sent the information. One important note: for Kerberos to be used
as an authentication mechanism, all applications that are to use it must be modified to include authentication information. This process is known as kerberization.