High Performance Computing Modernization Program Kerberos Throughput Test Report

Abstract

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol developed at MIT to provide encryption for client/server functions. The team at the HPCMP maintains an internally developed, adapted version of an older MIT Kerberos release for user access via the network to the HPCMP supercomputers. The HPCMP has re-baselined the HPCMP Kerberos to the most current MIT Kerberos release, and has incorporated HPCMP unique functionality as Kerberos plugins. These plugins include Yubikey authentication, PIPE credential caching, and support for DoD X.509 certificates. Throughput testing was required to determine if file transfer speeds improved with the pre-release production kit. Throughput performance was measured on a variety of operating systems employed by HPC users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 2017
Accession Number
AD1042883

Entities

People

  • Daniel G. Gdula
  • Joseph A Molnar

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Authentication
  • Communication Systems
  • Cryptography
  • Data Processing
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Communications
  • High Performance Computing
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Security Protocols
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Supercomputers
  • Wide Area Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.