Differences in Novell Kerberos KDC

To understand Novell Kerberos KDC, let us look at some of the differences between Novell Kerberos KDC and Kerberos.

• Allows eDirectory access through LDAP.
• Allows OpenSSL and NICI to be plugged in
• Tight integration of Kerberos and eDirectory identities, including a single password by means of universal password.
• Separate Password server instead of the Administration server playing that role.
• Modifications to kadmin for eDirectory integration. kadmin.local works with the LDAP server and not on the local database.
• Modifications to kdb5_util to work with eDirectory.
• No change to clients, such as kinit and kpasswd.
• Additions to the kdb5.conf configuration file to include eDirectory configuration.
• Multi-threading of KDC and implementation of LDAP reconnection mechanism to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.