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What Authentication Protocols does Linux Use?

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Hey all,

I was just wondering, as Microsoft Windows does use authentication protocols like NTLM and Kerberos.

What authentication protocols does Linux use? I know that may depend (or not) on the distro, but I am not really sure.

What I do know is that Linux uses PAM to “plug” or “unplug” authentication modules. What I have only done in the past is to configure this file for OpenLDAP.

Thank you in advance!

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Sorry but I can’t possible list them all.

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As to PAM, not all distros use that. Until we narrow down the question to say networking for files or maybe an IP stack the answer is all of them.

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Hi,
OpenSSL which use ssh protocol key based.
PAM is another use user name and password.
LDAP is another like AD concept.

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