This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network
authentication protocol. They do not provide much Kerberos support
themselves.
The Kerberos network authentication protocol is defined in
RFC 1510. The Java
platform contains support for the client side of Kerberos via the
org.ietf.jgss
package. There might also be
a login module that implements
LoginModule
to authenticate
Kerberos principals.
You can provide the name of your default realm and Key Distribution
Center (KDC) host for that realm using the system properties
java.security.krb5.realm and java.security.krb5.kdc. Alternatively, you
can provide an MIT style configuration file called krb5.conf in
<java-home>/lib/security. If you place this file elsewhere, you can
indicate that location via the system property java.security.krb5.conf.