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polskibus on July 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux

Microsoft has two extensions to Kerberos, impersonation and delegation. To use WA in a multi-tier set up (app, dB) you need those. I'm not sure if those extensions are available on Linux.

Neeek on Aug 4, 2017 | [–]

Ah, thank you for clarifying :)

lukeh on July 25, 2017 | [–]

They've been in MIT Kerberos for years now (since 2009 I think?). And at least partly in Heimdal for around the same time.

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