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Because it typically complements something else,
Because these tokens usually complements something else,
people are a little fuzzy on what it is and isn't.
people are a little fuzzy on what it is and isn't.




For example, take its use in Active Domain servers:
For example, around Active Domain servers:
: LDAP does the actual authentication (and metadata management)
: LDAP does the actual authentication (and metadata management)
: kerberos makes the result of that authentication useful in an SSO-like way.
: kerberos can make the result of that authentication useful in an SSO-like way.


In this case, kerberos can effectively ''wrap'' both these parts of these functions
In this case, kerberos can effectively ''wrap'' both these parts of these functions

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