Apache Kerby, as an Apache Directory sub project, is a Java Kerberos binding. It provides a rich, intuitive and interoperable implementation, library, KDC and various facilities that integrates PKI, OTP and token (OAuth2) as desired in modern environments such as cloud, Hadoop and mobile.
- Aims as a Java Kerberos binding, with rich and integrated facilities that integrate Kerberos, PKI and token (OAuth2) for both client and server sides.
- Provides client APIs at the Kerberos protocol level to interact with a KDC server through AS and TGS exchanges.
- Provides a standalone KDC server that supports various identity backends including memory based, Json file based, LDAP based and even Zookeeper based.
- Provides an embedded KDC server that applications can easily integrate into products, unit tests or integration tests.
- Supports FAST/Preauthentication framework to allow popular and useful authentication mechanisms.
- Supports PKINIT mechanism to allow clients to request tickets using x509 certificate credentials.
- Supports Token Preauth mechanism to allow clients to request tickets using JWT tokens.
- Supports OTP mechanism to allow clients to request tickets using One Time Password.
- Provides support for JAAS, GSSAPI and SASL frameworks that applications can leverage.
- Minimal dependencies, the core part is ensured to depend only on JRE and SLF4J, for easy use and maintenance.
A Krb client API for applications to interact with KDC.
Please look at kerb-client for details.
Server side admin facilities.
Please look at kerb-admin for details.
Kerberos Server API.
Please look at kerb-server for details.
A simplified Kdc server. It can be imported by other project to work as a kdc server.
Please look at kerb-simplekdc for details.
A model driven ASN-1 encoding and decoding framework implemented with Java.
Please look at kerby-asn1 for details.
Please look at Kerby KDC for details.
- Implementing des, des3, rc4, aes, camellia encryption and corresponding checksum types
- Interoperates with MIT Kerberos and Microsoft AD
- Independent of Kerberos code in JRE, but relies on JCE
Similar to MIT krb5 encryption types:
| Encryption Type | Description |
|---|---|
| des-cbc-crc | DES cbc mode with CRC-32 (weak) |
| des-cbc-md4 | DES cbc mode with RSA-MD4 (weak) |
| des-cbc-md5 | DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5 (weak) |
| des3-cbc-sha1 des3-hmac-sha1 des3-cbc-sha1-kd | Triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1 |
| des-hmac-sha1 | DES with HMAC/sha1 (weak) |
| aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 aes256-cts AES-256 | CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC |
| aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 aes128-cts AES-128 | CTS mode with 96-bit SHA-1 HMAC |
| arcfour-hmac rc4-hmac arcfour-hmac-md5 | RC4 with HMAC/MD5 |
| arcfour-hmac-exp rc4-hmac-exp arcfour-hmac-md5-exp | Exportable RC4 with HMAC/MD5 (weak) |
| camellia256-cts-cmac camellia256-cts | Camellia-256 CTS mode with CMAC |
| camellia128-cts-cmac camellia128-cts | Camellia-128 CTS mode with CMAC |
| des | The DES family: des-cbc-crc, des-cbc-md5, and des-cbc-md4 (weak) |
| des3 | The triple DES family: des3-cbc-sha1 |
| aes | The AES family: aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 and aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 |
| rc4 | The RC4 family: arcfour-hmac |
| camellia | The Camellia family: camellia256-cts-cmac and camellia128-cts-cmac |
A standalone KDC server that can integrate various identity backends including:
- MemoryIdentityBackend.
- It is default Identity Backend, and no cofiguration is needed. This backend is for no permanent storage requirements.
- JsonIdentityBackend.
- It implemented by Gson which is used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation and convert a JSON string to an equivalent Java object. A json file will be created in "backend.json.dir". This backend is for small, easy, development and test environment.
- MySQLIdentityBackend.
- A backend based on MySQL.
- ZookeeperIdentityBackend.
- Currently it uses an embedded Zookeeper. In follow up it will be enhanced to support standalone Zookeeper cluster for replication and reliability. Zookeeper backend would be a good choice for high reliability, high performance and high scalability requirement and scenarios.
- LdapIdentityBackend.
- The Ldap server can be standalone or embedded using ApacheDS server as the backend. It is used when there is exist ldap server.
- MavibotBackend.
- A backend based on Apache Mavibot(an MVCC BTree library).
- Include UDP and TCP transport.
- Default KDC server implementation.
- The Networking Classes in the JDK is used.
- Netty based KDC server implementation.
- Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients.
- With better throughput, lower latency.
- kinit:
- Obtains and caches an initial ticket-granting ticket for principal.
- klist:
- Lists the Kerby principal and tickets held in a credentials cache, or the keys held in a keytab file.
- kdcinit:
- This is used to initialize and prepare all kinds of KDC side materials, like initializing concrete back end, setting up master keys, necessary principals (tgs, kadmin) and etc.
- kadmin:
- Command-line interfaces to the Kerby administration system.
- kerby-asn1. A model driven ASN-1 encoding and decoding framework
- kerby-config. A unified configuration API that aims to support various configuration file formats, like XML, INI, even Java Map and Properties.
- kerby-util. Common utilities used by project.
- The core part is ensured to only depend on the JRE and SLF4J. Every external dependency is taken carefully and maintained separately.
- Nimbus JOSE + JWT, needed by token-provider and TokenPreauth mechanism.
- Netty, needed by netty based KDC server.
- Zookeeper, needed by zookeeper identity backend.
The Apache Kerby is also available as a Maven dependency.
- Kerby Client API:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
<artifactId>kerb-client-api-all</artifactId>
<version>${kerby-version}</version>
</dependency>
- Kerby Server API:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
<artifactId>kerb-server-api-all</artifactId>
<version>${kerby-version}</version>
</dependency>
- Kerby ASN1:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
<artifactId>kerby-asn1</artifactId>
<version>${kerby-version}</version>
</dependency>
- Kerby Simple KDC:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
<artifactId>kerb-simplekdc</artifactId>
<version>${kerby-version}/version>
</dependency>
- please replace the ${kerby-version} with the release version.
- Apache Kerby 2.1.0 is the latest release and recommended version for all users.
Apache License V2.0
- Git repo in Apache: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/directory-kerby.git
- Umbrella JIRA: it's tracked in the master JIRA DIRKRB-102, and find tasks there.
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