Supported Encryption Types

Any tag in the configuration files which requires a list of encryption types can be set to some combination of the following strings.

des-cbc-crc

DES cbc mode with CRC-32

des-cbc-md4

DES cbc mode with RSA-MD4

des-cbc-md5

DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5

des3-cbc-sha1

des3-hmac-sha1

des3-cbc-sha1-kd

triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1

des-hmac-sha1

DES with HMAC/sha1

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

While aes128-cts and aes256-cts are supported for all Kerberos operations, they are not supported by older versions of our GSSAPI implementation (krb5-1.3.1 and earlier).

By default, AES is enabled in this release. Sites wishing to use AES encryption types on their KDCs need to be careful not to give GSSAPI services AES keys if the servers have not been updated. If older GSSAPI services are given AES keys, then services may fail when clients supporting AES for GSSAPI are used. Sites may wish to use AES for user keys and for the ticket granting ticket key, although doing so requires specifying what encryption types are used as each principal is created.

If all GSSAPI-based services have been updated before or with the KDC, this is not an issue.