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joushou on Sept 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sshmuxd: SSH proxy to replace jump hosts

Exactly. And yes, Kerberos got it somewhat right, but as someone who have used configured and used it, it is quite the exercise to set up. It took ages to get working, and even then, it was slightly cumbersome to use.

cpach on Sept 7, 2015 [–]

"It took ages to get working, and even then, it was slightly cumbersome to use."

I've wondered from time to time why Kerberos more or less faded into obscurity. I guess we have the answer then.

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